Stefan Zweig is a classic of Austrian literature, the author of magnificent psychological novels and fictionalized biographies translated into all languages of the world. A historical novel is rarely both true and fascinating. It is to such exceptions that the works of Stefan Zweig, a thoughtful, honest historian, a subtle psychologist and a wonderful storyteller, belong. This edition includes perhaps his most brilliant biographies of two queens: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. They lived at such a different time, they differed in tastes and characters, but their bright lives were full of secrets and mysteries, and the tragic end of their fate raises the story of the two queens to the scale of great dramatic works.