At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom.\nIn sixteenth-century Europe women's voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court and the subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her supporters, Mary used textiles to advance her political agenda, affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story.\nIn this eloquent cultural biography, Clare Hunter exquisitely blends history, politics and memoir to tell the story of a queen in her own voice.

Embroidering Her Truth: The Material World of Mary, Queen of Scots

Clare Hunter

Sceptre

Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

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Threads of Life 
Embroidering Her Truth [Hardcover]\nThreads of Life, Embroidering Her Truth [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set By Clare Hunter:\nThreads of Life: 
A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.\nEmbroidering Her Truth [Hardcover]: 
Embroidering Her Truth: The Material World of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Threads of Life, Embroidering Her Truth 2 Books Collection Set By Clare Hunter

Harry N. Abrams Ltd

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Embroidering Her Truth: The Material World of Mary, Queen of Scots

Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

Threads of Life, Embroidering Her Truth 2 Books Collection Set By Clare Hunter