THE PREACHER AND THE QUEEN

Synopsis

Scotland, 1561. Mary, Queen of Scots, is eighteen, Catholic, charming, and underestimated by everyone. She comes home to a country that has just turned Protestant. John Knox is the fiercest preacher in Edinburgh, a former galley slave with nothing left to lose. When she hears Mass in her own chapel, he preaches against it from the pulpit of St. Giles, and she summons him to answer for it. Each audience puts the two of them face to face, each certain the other is endangering the nation, while the lords around them change sides. For Knox the price is prison or worse. For Mary, it is her crown.

Who this is about

John Knox is a former galley slave with nothing left to lose. Mary, Queen of Scots, is eighteen, charming, and underestimated by everyone.

What goes wrong

She hears Mass in her own chapel, he preaches against it from the pulpit of St. Giles, and she summons him to answer for it.

What's at stake

For Knox, prison or worse. For Mary, her crown.

Why it keeps going

A series of face-to-face audiences between two people who each think the other is endangering the nation, while the lords around them change sides.

Takeaway

Conscience does not bow, even to someone you would like to.

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