Janet Walkinshaw: 4 books

A grandmother runs away from home and finds freedom, an actress dons a frothy hat, a poet searches for Bohemia. There are some clergymen, some nuns, and more than a few criminals. Journeys, real or metaphorical, are a common theme. Some stories are funny, some sad, some long, a few very short. These...

The year is 1537 and Mary of Guise, young, beautiful and widowed has been chosen as the reluctant bride of James Stewart, King of Scots. The marriage is designed to strengthen the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland. James leads a cultured renaissance court but on the border Henry VIII lurks,...

Lochleven Castle is the home of Margaret Erskine, mistress of James, King of Scots. Their son, Lord James Stewart grows up knowing he can never be king, but Margaret is determined nothing shall stand in the way of his ambition. Surviving through the turmoil of the 16th century Scottish Reformation...

Tudor England: Marjorie Bowes, the daughter of a rich and powerful family, grows up in a time of civil turmoil caused by the religious reforms of King Henry VIII. She meets John Knox, a renegade Scottish preacher in exile from his own country, who has been appointed one of the chaplains of the boy...