Young queens: three Renaissance women and the price of power

Prologue

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

Accidents : France, 1559

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

Home : France, 1560

Don Carlos : France and Spain, 1561

The test : France and Spain, 1561

The return : France, Spain, Scotland, England, 1561

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

Epilogue.