Before You Go

Mary is the Queen of Scotland, she has been in hiding at a convent since she was 8. Mary is a beautiful and mature young woman, but she is not naïve. Mary knows her fiancé, the heir to the French Throne, most likely won't want to marry her and has many mistresses. She wants her husband to love her but she will give that up if it means a safe and prosperous future for her country. But now on her 16th birthday Mary must leave her home to go to French Court in order to marry her fiancé of nearly 12 years.
Francis is the heir to the French Throne, the first born son of King Henry and Queen Catherine. He enjoys his life, he gets to hunt, drink, and sleep with attractive women. While he loves to do all those things he also prepares himself to be the next great ruler on France. But he doesn't want to get married, which is an issue. He wants to be a bachelor, not tied down by anyone, he would feel immoral sleeping with other women when he had a wife. That's why he doesn't plan on getting married, not even to the girl he proposed to in gardens when they were 6.