From the Book - First American edition.
Part 1. The orphan: Italy, 1519-1533
The second son: France, 1533-1536
Barren: France, 1536-1542
Motherhood: France, 1543-1553
The price: Scotland and France, 1537-1548
Empires: France, 1547-1553
Brides: France, 1558-1559
Part 2. Mary's book: France, 1548-1554
Journeys: France and Spain, 1559
Letters: France and Spain, 1559-1560
King's heart, Queen's Body: Spain, 1560
Sons and daughters: France, 1560-1561
Part 3. Home: France, 1560
Don Carlos: France and Spain, 1561
The test: France and Spain, 1561
The return: France, Spain, Scotland, England, 1561
Part 4. Queen of faith: Scotland, France, Spain, 1561-1563
Catholic kings: Scotland, 1562-1565
Family affairs: France, on the border with Spain, 1565
The Queen's two bodies: Scotland and Spain, 1566
The birth of princes: Scotland and Spain, 1566-1567
The turn: France and Scotland, 1567
The prisoner: Lochleven Castle, Scotland, 1567
The death of a queen: Scotland, England, France and Spain, 1568
Last letters: Spain, France, and England, 1568
A daughter's love: Spain and France, 1568.
Part 1. The orphan: Italy, 1519-1533
The second son: France, 1533-1536
Barren: France, 1536-1542
Motherhood: France, 1543-1553
The price: Scotland and France, 1537-1548
Empires: France, 1547-1553
Brides: France, 1558-1559
Part 2. Mary's book: France, 1548-1554
Journeys: France and Spain, 1559
Letters: France and Spain, 1559-1560
King's heart, Queen's Body: Spain, 1560
Sons and daughters: France, 1560-1561
Part 3. Home: France, 1560
Don Carlos: France and Spain, 1561
The test: France and Spain, 1561
The return: France, Spain, Scotland, England, 1561
Part 4. Queen of faith: Scotland, France, Spain, 1561-1563
Catholic kings: Scotland, 1562-1565
Family affairs: France, on the border with Spain, 1565
The Queen's two bodies: Scotland and Spain, 1566
The birth of princes: Scotland and Spain, 1566-1567
The turn: France and Scotland, 1567
The prisoner: Lochleven Castle, Scotland, 1567
The death of a queen: Scotland, England, France and Spain, 1568
Last letters: Spain, France, and England, 1568
A daughter's love: Spain and France, 1568.