England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, theCatholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen ofEngland. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and tobe a queen. Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. Atsixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful,with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her. But she alsohad many enemies - men who said: 'The death of Mary is the life ofElizabeth.'
