Queen of Scotlan d at the tender age of six days, Q ueen of France at the age of 16, w idowed at age 18 at 23, m arried for the third time by the age of 25 - Mary Stuart had reached her zenith before her 25th birt hday. Mary Stuart is batted back and forth by the kings of France and England, who use her as pawn in their struggle for power. Four women, loyal friends since her earliest childhood, cannot guard her against their deadly intrigues. But Mary is also prey t o her own unbridled passions. Although she is married she throws caution to the winds: she engages in a dangerous love affair with one of her men. A Queen from cradle to grave (1542 – 1587), within one year Mary destroys her life and career in an unpreceden ted descent into hell. Forever proud and wilful, Mary stages her own execution as a coronation, defiantly demonstrating to Elizabeth and the world that she is the one and only victorious queen (okofilm)