Mary, queen of the Scots and the murder of Lord Darnley - Alison Weir

On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Danley, 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 brilliant new light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement.