Quotes About Intrigue

he woke up dead.

Don't play dumb. Something's up. A new case

Okay, let's have it.

This was the first puzzle and none of the pieces fit.

her in hiding.

Darnley's dagger was left in the corpse, to signify his connivance in the plot.

As Mary left Kirk o'Field, she passed the entrance of her own bedroom.

Turning to Darnley, she demanded, "Why have you caused to do this wicked deed to me

where Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots were concerned

apparently on Huntly's orders, refused to open the gates to her.

Darnley was assassinated.

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

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.

By October 12, she had decided to destroy him.

Change was afoot at court even before the ceremony. A palace revolution began the day after Henry II's death.

the Duke of Guise usurped his seat at dinner.

The explosion woke Mary, who sent Bothwell and the captain of the guard to investigate.

Mary of Guise, herself barely a year older than Lennox and still one of the most beautiful women in Scotland

Diane de Poitiers, the constable's ally, was scarcely treated better.

Cecil's minute is too good to be true. It is almost certainly misleading.

She also sent away her confidential secretary and decipherer, Raulet. He was a Guise retainer

was a slap in the face for Mary by her own side.