MaryQueenofScots
- 作者
- 出版社 Vintage/Ebury
- 出版时间 2006年4月
- ISBN 9780224060233
- 定价 228.50
内容简介
Onthenightof10February1567anexplosiondevastatedtheEdinburghresidenceofHenryStewart,LordDarnley,secondhusbandofMary,QueenofScots.ThenoisewasheardasfarawayasHolyroodPalace,whereQueenMarywasattendingaweddingmasque.Thosearrivingatthesceneofdevastationfound,inthegarden,thenakedcorpsesofDarnleyandhisvalet.Neitherhaddiedintheexplosion,butbothbodiesboremarksofstrangulation.Itwasclearthattheyhadbeenmurderedandthehousedestroyedinanattempttoobliteratetheevidence.Darnleywasnotapopularking-consort,buthewasregardedbymanyashavingavalidclaimtotheEnglishthrone.ForthisreasonElizabethIhadopposedhisfamily'slongstandingwishtomarryhimtoMaryStuart,whoherselfclaimedtobetherightfulqueenofEngland.AlisonWeir'sinvestigationofDarnley'smurderissetagainstoneofthemostdramaticperiodsinBritishhistory.Herconclusionswillshedabrilliantnewlightontheactionsandmotivesoftheconspiratorsand,inparticular,theextentofMary'sowninvolvement.
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