Mary Queen of Scots

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One of the first movies ever made was "The Execution of Mary Stuart" by Thomas Edison, in 1895. Not surprising, as the fate of the unlucky queen – who was imprisoned at 24 by her cousin Queen Elisabeth of England and executed 19 years later – has always inspired literary giants, from Edmund Spenser to Friedrich Schiller, as well as filmmakers, to tell the story of a woman who risked everything and lost it all.