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Mary Queen of Scots and the casket letters
- Title
- Mary Queen of Scots and the casket letters / AE MacRobert.
- Author
- MacRobert, A. E.
- Publication
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In U.S and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- x, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This study re-examines the story of the Casket Letters, allegedly written by Mary to her lover Bothwell. The author sets out to provide an accessible presentation of the letters, as well as look at the controversy, the latest historiography and the literature it has generated.
- Subject
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
- Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, 1536?-1578
- Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord, 1545-1567
- Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, 1536?-1578
- Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord, 1545-1567
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
- Maria Schottland, Königin 1542-1587
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 > Correspondence
- Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of,d. 1536?-1578 > Correspondence
- Bothwell, James Hepburn of
- Darnley, Henry Stuart
- 1542-1567
- Queens > Scotland > Biography
- Love-letters > Scotland
- Love-letters
- Queens
- History > Sources
- Quelle
- Briefsammlung
- Scotland > History > Sources. > Mary Stuart, 1542-1567
- Scotland > History > Mary Stuart, 1542-1567
- Scotland
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes texts of the letters.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- pt. 1. The Crisis of 1567-68 -- 2. Fact -- 3. Conjecture -- 4. Theory: Possible conspiracies -- pt. 2. The Casket Letters -- 5. The Discovery and Disclosure of the Casket Letters -- 6. A Study of the Casket Letters -- 7. An Assessment of the Casket Letters -- 8. Mary's Own Version -- App. 1. Texts of the eight Casket Letters -- App. 2. Texts of the Marriage Contracts -- App. 4. Extracts from the Casket Letters sent to Queen Elizabeth from York in October 1568.
- ISBN
- 1860648290
- 9781860648298
- LCCN
- 2003266197
- OCLC
- ocm50913852
- 50913852
- SCSB-14266482
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library