David Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots
Murder at Holyrood
Will be published approx. on 18. May 2006
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7509-4331-4 (ISBN)
Description
Explores one of the most shocking events of Mary's reign. David Rizzio rose to power 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. This book explains how Rizzio enraged the Scots lords so much so that they plotted his murder.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-4331-4 (9780750943314)
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E-Book
09/2011
The History Press Ltd
€13.99
Available for download
Person
David Tweedie is a Scot among whose ancestors are two of Rizzio's murderers, Adam Tweedie of Drava and William Tweedie of Drummelzier. After reading history at Oxford he qualified as a solicitor and was a member of the American Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of both the Society for Reformation Studies and the Marie Stuart Society.