Quotes from John Guy

AT EIGHT O'CLOCK on the fatal Saturday evening, Darnley led Lord Ruthven and an accomplice through his private apartments

If this were not enough, a volte-face had taken place in France itself.

In late January 1569, she was taken on a long journey south to Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire

Beneath it is a winged heart with a huge sapphire as its centerpiece

off the bedroom was a smaller adjoining chamber, or supper room, about twelve by nine feet

the controversy surrounding the eight letters produced by Moray to justify the charges in Buchanan's dossier.

There followed fifty or so actors of both sexes made up as Brazilian natives, who paraded naked through the streets

taking stock of the likely consequences of the Guise dynastic project, decided to draw back.

three white fleurs-de-lis on an azure background, set with three rubies and an emerald.

Mary was eating with a group of friends, including Rizzio.

Offers came in thick and fast: from the king of Denmark, from the king

a crown set with rubies and an emerald.

Through a door concealed in the paneling, they entered Mary's bedroom on the floor above.