Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley (Paperback)

from seasonsoflove

I have been reading this book almost this year now, as it is a very long, very fascinating history of Mary Queen of Scots, and how the murder of her second husband set off a chain of events that resulted in her being removed from her throne, and eventually executed. I first became interested in l...

from luckycharm6139

Another Weir book that was well researched, It had so many details into the life of Mary and all her Lords of Scotland and how she ended up marrying Darnley. (was it really all a plot hatched by her cousin Elizabeth l?) Did Mary really have her husband murdered? A book you must read if your in th...

from LibraryCin

3.5 stars Mary, Queen of Scots was suspected of murdering her second husband, Lord Darnley. Darnley died in an explosion, but it was definitely murder. Many people at the time thought she'd done it, as well as many historians since. Weir looks at many sources to try to sort out whether or not Mar...

from briandrewz

This was a mammoth undertaking. Alison Weir explores the evidence that comes from one of the great mysteries of the Tudor period: Mary, Queen of Scots, and the murder of Lord Darnley. The book can be mind numbing in its detail. Weir certainly did her homework and makes no apology for the detail o...

from john257hopper

This was rather dry and considerably too long. It is my least favourite Alison Weir book. But, on the positive side, it is very well researched and extremely, indeed exhaustively, detailed. I find it mostly convincing in its central thesis that Mary did not procure Darnley's death, but I think sh...