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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir - eBook
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Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that her new husband was interested only in securing sovereign power for himself. Then, on February 10, 1567, an explosion at his lodgings left Darnley dead; the intrigue thickened after it was discovered that he had apparently been suffocated before the blast. After an exhaustive reevaluation...
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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley, by Weir Weir, Alison
Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley, by Weir
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Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that her new husband was interested only in securing sovereign power for himself. Then, on February 10, 1567, an explosion at his lodgings left Darnley dead; the intrigue thickened after it was discovered that he had apparently been suffocated before the blast. After an exhaustive reevaluation of...
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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley, Alison Weir
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), has for centuries fascinated historians and the general public, her life the stuff of Hollywood myth, involving murder, rape, adultery, abdication, imprisonment and execution. In bestselling historian Weir's (Henry VIII, etc.) able hands, we see the young Catholic queen ruling over Protestant Scotland and a group of unruly nobles. Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley, participated in the 1566 murder of Mary's favorite adviser, David Rizzio, after which Mary...
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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley (Reprint) (Paperback)
Description Historian Alison Weir investigates a true crime from 1567 involving Mary, Queen of Scots. After Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley, is killed in an explosion at his residence, it is discovered that he had actually died by suffocation. Darnley was thought to have been an opportunist who only married Mary in order to gain the crown. Weir sifts through the evidence in the historical record, and reveals layers of intrigue in the royal court.
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