Quotes from John Guy

Then, at two o'clock in the early morning of February 10, while Melville was still packing his bags

Darnley was assassinated.

The queen was a dependent of the king, not his partner. She was a consort

A little after two in the morning, a bright flash lit the sky, followed by a huge explosion.

Catherine wore a long black silk dress. The court was still in mourning for the dead king

white was the norm at the French court and continuing to dress in black until her own death in 1589

Mary never saw Bothwell again.

Elizabeth and her younger sisters, Claude and Marguerite, followed their mother's example.

The Old Provost's Lodging had been razed to its foundation. All that remained was a pile of rubble.

Huntly had planned to attack the town, burn down the house where he was staying and assassinate Maitland in his sleep.

a garden some forty feet away, on the other side of the town wall

Mary alone insisted on wearing a white gown.

She ordered him to surrender, and when he prevaricated, she sent spies to Strathbogie to arrest him

DARNLEY'S MURDER involved three distinct elements: a conspiracy, a crime and a cover-up.

Darnley and William Taylor were found dead under a tree in their nightshirts.

Cecil believed that Parliament had the right to settle the succession to the throne on religious grounds

because the regent's power was limited by the terms of the treaty of Haddington.

the royal closet was clearly visible to many in the crowd, she must have stuck out like a dove among crows.

The extraordinary thing was, there was not a mark on their bodies.

By October 12, she had decided to destroy him.

The lords realized that her position as the future queen of France

Francis, however, was tired and bored. He kept yawning and wanted to retire to his chamber before the end of the meal.

meaning that Mary's dynastic claim had at all costs to be discounted.

He had a force of some seven hundred men, and aimed to wear down his opponents in a guerrilla war.