"Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history."--The Wall Street Journal In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of history's bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns. Exploring the family's lineage from the first Stuart king to the last, The Royal Stuarts is a panoramic history of the family that acted as a major player in the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English Civil War, the Restoration, and more. Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce rivalries. Told with panache, this is the gripping true story of backstabbing, betrayal, and ambition gone awry.

What if the ousted kings of England, the Stuarts, had claimed the North American colonies? We might have been free of the English a century earlier--no revolution needed! What set up this possibility? How did it happen that those foolish, brave, and unlucky Stuarts did everything wrong to ensure that their Scottish subjects migrated to North America as soon as there were any ships going in that direction? This amusing book is full of lost causes, wrongheaded kings, and sheer incompetence. Prince Charlie wasn't bonny at all, and Mary, Queen of Scots wasn't innocent. Read all about these feckless kings of Scotland and England, and about how they gave so much to the USA.

The author makes a case for her claim as the rightful Queen of England as a Royal Stuart, and declares that a DNA test will prove this out. She states that she also has a claim on the United States through the land claim made by King Henry VII through his proxy John Cabot wherein he claimed the American mainland for himself and his heirs. The author also details how her foster-father turned out to be the Grimes sisters killer.

With this book, Maria Davis and His Majesty King Charles the 1st, who is alive and is not AI, make a claim for the throne of England and the United States as the rightful Monarchs.

The royal Stewart--Stuart family of Scotland between the 1300s (with references to earlier legends) and the late 1700s. Includes that part of the lineage which filled the royal thrones in both Scotland and England. Includes the story of the Jacobites and their support of the Stewarts.

The royal descendants of King James VI of Scotland, the first of the House of Stuart to rule England.