Mary, Queen of Scots and the murder of Lord Darnley. Alison Weir. 2008.

On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the London residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and unpopular king consort. Those arriving at the scene of devastation 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. Alison Weir’s investigation of Darnley’s murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in British history. Her conclusions shed a new light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent ofmMary’s own involvement.