The Tragedy of Fotheringay: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Tragedy of Fotheringay, credited to Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Tragedy of Fotheringay by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott. Read in English by mpinedag. The Tragedy of Fotheringay is a retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ final months. Using the journal of her physician Bourgoing, the novel follows Mary as she’s moved to Fotheringay Castle and pulled deeper into the political games surrounding Queen Elizabeth I. Mary is seen as anxious yet determined, while she’s cut off from her closest attendants and pushed toward a trial she knows is stacked against her. The story focuses on the pressure, betrayal, and maneuvering that shape her captivity, as events close in on her and lead to her execution. - Summary by mpinedag

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Tragedy of Fotheringay
• Author credits: Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 6:12:33

Catalogue topics

• Elizabeth I
• scotland
• Mary Queen of Scots
• fotheringay

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 9:06
2. 01 - Chapter I - Chartley — 20:29
3. 02 - Chapter II - Fotheringay, part 1 — 20:58
4. 03 - Chapter II - Fotheringay, part 2 — 18:30
5. 04 - Chapter III - The Trial, The First Day, part 1 — 17:26
6. 05 - Chapter III - The Trial, The First Day, part 2 — 17:44
7. 06 - Chapter IV - The Trial, The Second Day — 18:57
8. 07 - Chapter V - Suspense, part 1 — 18:21
9. 08 - Chapter V - Suspense, part 2 — 16:31
10. 09 - Chapter VI - After the Sentence, part 1 — 19:49
11. 10 - Chapter VI - After the Sentence, part 2 — 10:57
12. 11 - Chapter VII -Waiting for Death, part 1 — 19:33
13. 12 - Chapter VII -Waiting for Death, part 2 — 10:51
14. 13 - Chapter VIII - Further Indignities — 26:45
15. 14 - Chapter IX - The Death Warrant — 23:57
16. 15 - Chapter X - The Last Day on Earth, part 1 — 17:06
17. 16 - Chapter X - The Last Day on Earth, part 2 — 14:52
18. 17 - Chapter XI - The End, part 1 — 18:39
19. 18 - Chapter XI - The End, part 2 — 21:22
20. 19 - Chapter XII - Peterborough — 25:04
21. 20 - Chapter XIII - Westminster — 5:36

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