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191p. Warm pages are unmarked with a blue painted text-block. Wraps are glossy with lightly bumped corners, a check mark penned on front, foxing on text-block and minor rubbing/chipping on surfaces. Binding is tight although heavily canted. Spine is lightly creased.

Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that her new husband was interested only in securing sovereign power for himself. Then, on February 10, 1567, an explosion at his lodgings left Darnley dead; the intrigue thickened after it was discovered that he had apparently been suffocated before the blast. After an exhaustive reevaluation of the source material, Alison Weir has come up with a solution to this enduring mystery. Employing her gift for vivid characterization and gripping storytelling, Weir has written one of her most engaging excursions yet into Britain’s bloodstained, power-obsessed past.

On the night of 10 February 1567, an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation. It was clear that they had been murdered and the house destroyed in an attempt to obliterate the evidence. Darnley was not a popular king-consort, but he was regarded by many as having a valid claim to the English throne. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the rightful queen of England. Alison Weir's investigation of Darnley's murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in British history. Her conclusions will shed a brilliant new light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement.

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Someone has volunteered to spend the night in the haunted room at the Darnley House. The room is sealed by pressing a unique coin, selected moments before, on the wax. But when the door is re-opened, someone else’s body is lying there, the seals are unbroken, and the coin has not left the possession of the witness. Things are never what they seem in this classic Golden Age mystery, with a new twist in every chapter. A second impossible murder occurs inside a house surrounded by virgin snow. The detective in charge believes he is dealing with the re-incarnation of Houdini, but in the end there is a rational explanation to everything, and it is left to Dr. Alan Twist to provide it. ‘The Fourth Door,’ also known as ‘The Houdini Murders’ was the first best-seller of the French writer Paul Halter, widely regarded as the successor to John Dickson Carr; it won the coveted Prix du Roman Policier in 1987. Paul Halter has written over 30 novels, almost all ‘locked room,’ including ‘The Lord of Misrule’ also available in English on Amazon. In 2006 his collection of short stories ‘The Night of the Wolf’ appeared, to critical acclaim.

Queen of Scotland at six days of age, married as a young girl to the invalid young king of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third to the dashing Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute. Unable to rise above the violence and disorder that swirled around her, Mary escaped to England―only to find herself a prisoner of her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth. Here, in a riveting first-person account, is the enchanting woman whose name still evokes excitement and compassion―and whose death under the headsman's axe still draws forth our sorrow.

Someone has volunteered to spend the night in the haunted room at the Darnley House. The room is sealed by pressing a unique coin, selected moments before, on the wax. But when the door is re-opened, someone else’s body is lying there, the seals are unbroken, and the coin has not left the possession of the witness. Things are never what they seem in this classic Golden Age mystery, with a new twist in every chapter. A second impossible murder occurs inside a house surrounded by virgin snow. The detective in charge believes he is dealing with the re-incarnation of Houdini, but in the end there is a rational explanation to everything, and it is left to Dr. Alan Twist to provide it. ‘The Fourth Door,’ also known as ‘The Houdini Murders’ was the first best-seller of the French writer Paul Halter, widely regarded as the successor to John Dickson Carr; it won the coveted Prix du Roman Policier in 1987. Paul Halter has written over 30 novels, almost all ‘locked room,’ including ‘The Lord of Misrule’ also available in English on Amazon. In 2006 his collection of short stories ‘The Night of the Wolf’ appeared, to critical acclaim.

It's 1568, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is Queen Elizabeth's captive. Forced to flee Scotland after her husband, Lord Darnley, dies mysteriously, Mary is now a "guest" at Bolton Castle in northern England, where she plots her escape and covertly pursues her claim to her cousin's crown.Rarely have the historical stakes been so high, and rarely has Mistress Ursula Blanchard been caught in such dangerous territory. Herself an illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII and half sister to Elizabeth, Ursula has served in the past as a lady of the bedchamber and, more important, as a spy for the Queen.Now, Elizabeth once again sends Ursula on a perilous and secret mission. She must carry a confidential message from Elizabeth to Mary, who is a woman of legendary charm and charisma. Will Ursula, too, fall under Mary's spell? Can Ursula trust Mary's promises? Did Mary have her husband killed?Ursula travels north with her young daughter, Meg, and her ward, Penelope Mason. Penelope has disgraced herself at Elizabeth's court, making advances to a married man, and now Ursula must take her charge to the girl's Yorkshire estate - located conveniently close to Bolton Castle and Mary - and help her find a husband.There's no shortage of candidates for the wealthy young woman, but will Penelope become a pawn in the royal chess game? In confronting Mary and her supporters, Ursula discovers that she's inherited more than just her father's royal blood. Surrounded by possible traitors, Ursula must make difficult and poignant choices to serve her Queen and to save herself and those she loves.

Prince James, only son of Mary Queen of Scots and her consort Lord Darnley, passed the first 12 years of his dramatic life at historic Stirling Castle. After his mother was forced to abdicate her throne, James was crowned King of Scotland when scarcely 13 months old at Stirling. Studious and witty, James was educated by his tutors and became a brilliant Latin scholar, but his lonley boyhood and his friendship with a succession of attractive favourites was to influence his later life. Dominated by ruthless and ambitious Scottish nobles, James was often wretchedly unhappy. His enigmatic and controversial relations with his ill-fated mother are fully discussed. James's marriage to a Danish Princess Anne was at first loving but deteriorated over the years. He was the author of many original books, and became an expert on witchcraft, so important in late sixteenth century Scotland. After reigning 36 years, he finally became a successful King of Scotland, despite antagonims of the Kirk and many of the nobility. Obsessed with his lifelong with to be acknowledged as Queen Elizabeth's successor, his relations with the powerful Robert Cecil, her chief minister in the 1590s, to whom he largely owed his peaceful accession to the English throne, are deeply interesting. In England his reign of 22 years was marked by his love of peace and hatred of war. It was his initiative that inspired the translation of the authorized version of the Bible and his far-seeing advocacy that encouraged the intimate union of his native country with England. This new portrait by Bryan Bevan concentrates on James the man as well as King. His principal defect was his too great dependence on unworthy favourites who acquired complete ascendancy over him in his final declining years.

Impressive historical opus offers a striking depiction of 16th century Scots regent Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) and her tense rivalry with threatened first cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), from the newly-widowed Marys return from France through the political turbulence of her unions with Darnley (Jack Lowden) and Bothwell (Martin Compston) to her years of imprisonment in England. David Tennant, Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, Ismael Cruz Crdova, Gemma Chan also star. 124 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: