David Rizzio & Mary Queen of Scots H C
by David Tweedie (9780750943314)

On the evening of 9 March, 1566, a raiding party forced their way into the palace of Holyroodhouse and stabbed Italian secretary, David Rizzio to death while he was at supper with Mary, Queen of Scots. The attack was savage and brutal - Rizzio was stabbed over fifty times - and Mary's husband, Darnley, was among the conspirators. David Rizzio came to Scotland in 1561. There, he rose to power and influence in the court of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was her secretary, chief minister and the architect of her plan to avoid Scotland turning into a Calvinist republic. David Tweedie explains how Rizzio so enraged the Scots lords that they plotted his murder. This book explores one of the most shocking events of Mary's colourful reign.

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