England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen. Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, 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 also had many enemies - men who said: 'The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.


1500年代的英格蘭與蘇格蘭分別有兩位著名的王后，一位是蘇格蘭天主教王后─瑪莉，另一位則是英格蘭新教王后─伊麗莎白一世。當時處處隱藏危機，戰爭一觸即發，即便生存都十分不容易，何況是作為一個女王。這樣混亂的時代，出生不到一週的瑪麗便繼承蘇格蘭王位，成為蘇格蘭女王。16歲，她嫁到法國，成為法國王后。瑪麗十分漂亮，身高又高，有著一頭紅金髮，因此許多男人追求她，願意為她而活也願意為她而死。但瑪麗也樹立許多敵人，男人都說瑪麗與伊莉莎白無法共存，而只有瑪麗死，伊莉莎白才能活。