FASCINATING HISTORY.
A writer in a London journal says:— " Everyone must have noticed the recent revival of general public interest in stories of history. When I was at school history was—well, history, and we treated ifc as such. We did not take it into the playground. But, as one or two of London's newspapers have found out, history—with wise selection—can be made very entertaining. " No story of English history is more interesting, more perennially popular, than the story of Mary Queen of Scots.. Her beauty, the high stakes for which bar associates were playing, the mystery, of her tragic amours, the unsolved problems of tho murders of Rizzio and Darnley, all go to make up a tale full of fascination ev.en to-day. It is certainly remarkable —and, I think, a good omen—that there should be a great and continued demand for such, books-as Professor Trevelyan's ' Blenheim,' and Mr. Grant Francis' book, ' Mary of Scotland.' "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20922, 11 July 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)
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154FASCINATING HISTORY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20922, 11 July 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)
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