The Crime Of Mary Stuart George Malcolm Thomson Quality 1967

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The Crime Of Mary Stuart by George Malcolm Thomson

In the early hours of February 10, 1567, the citizens of Edinburgh were roused from their sleep by the sound of a loud explosion. What had occurred was a crime which would have far-reaching consequences for Scotland, England and the religious struggle in Western Europe-the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, known at the time as Henry, King of Scots, through his marriage eighteen months earlier to Mary Stuart. How much the most beautiful and the most cruel princess in the world' was involved in her husband's murder is a question which has taxed historians ever since. After her death, as in her lifetime, the cause of the doomed but bewitching Queen of Scots has inspired cavaliers to leap to the defence of her innocence just as it has led zealots to condemn her perfidy. George Malcolm Thomson reviews all the available evidence, and comes to the firm conclusion that if Mary had no complicity in the plot of her paramour, Bothwell, to blow up Kirk o'Field and her husband, her conduct at the time is inexplicable. This is a fascinating detective story, with every element of horror and suspense. Mr Thomson has all the details at his finger-tips. Everything in his book is alive -the religious and political tensions of the time, the vivid personalities involved, the very stones in the streets of Edinburgh. It is rare that a work of serious scholarship has a dramatic appeal more powerful than the most ambitious historical fiction. Here is one.

Features;

• Publisher The Quality Book Club, London; 1967
• White Cloth Hardback With Gilt Title, 176pp
• Size 220 x 140mm, 450g

Condition: Good – Good Dust Jacket, No Inscriptions, Good Copy

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