THE PREACHER AND THE QUEEN
Scotland, 1561. A young Catholic queen comes home to a country that has just turned Protestant, and the fiercest preacher in Edinburgh will not stop saying so to her face.
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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 it follows
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 is at stake
For Knox, prison or worse. For Mary, her crown.
What keeps it running
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.
What you take away
Conscience does not bow, even to someone you would like to.