# Mary — Travel Essays character guide

> Mary in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Queen Mary, Mariette

**First appearance:** 0027-edinburgh

## Who they are

A female figure, possibly historical or a local woman.

## In the story

### [Greyfriars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/v-greyfriars)

Queen Mary is noted for having thrown open the gardens of the Grey Friars.

### [VIII: The Calton Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/viii-the-calton-hill)

Queen Mary is referenced in connection with Holyrood Palace and Bothwell's horse ride down Greenside.

### [The Last Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-last-day)

Mariette, the young wife of Castanet, called the Princess of the Cévennes; was taken hostage and later exchanged.

### [The Desert of Wyoming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-desert-of-wyoming)

The sister to whom the boy's letter is addressed.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

Queen Mary's Bath is listed as an illustration.

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