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THE STORY BEHIND…

he first chapter of my book about Mary, Queen of Scots was scarcely begun when lockdown descended. I remember that first morning, when the silence beyond the windows was unnerving. No passing cars or tradesmen’s vans disturbed the peace. No horses plodded by, no cyclists. Even the sheep in the fields –

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