Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

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Jonathan Cape, 2003 - History - 621 pages
On 10th February 1567, an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation. It was clear that they had been murdered and the house destroyed in an attempt to obliterate the evidence.

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The Controversy and the Sources
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Powerful Considerations
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A Handsome Lusty Youth
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Copyright

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