The Mystery of Mary Stuart

CONTENTS

		PAGE
	Introduction	vii
I.	Dramatis PersonÆ	1
II.	The Minor Characters	28
III.	The Characters before Riccio’s Murder	45
IV.	Before the Baptism of the Prince	71
V.	Between the Baptism and the Murder	105
VI.	The Murder of Darnley	123
VII.	The Confessions of Paris	154
VIII.	Mary’s Conduct after the Murder	171
IX.	The Emergence of the Casket Letters	193
X.	The Casket Letters	208
XI.	The Letters at the Conference of York	237
XII.	The Letters at Westminster and Hampton Court	266
XIII.	Mary’s Attitude after the Conference	283
XIV.	Internal Evidence of the Letters	290
XV.	The Six Minor Casket Letters	322
XVI.	The Casket Sonnets	344
XVII.	Conclusions as to the Letters and the Possible Forgers	346
XVIII.	Later History of Casket and Letters	365

APPENDICES
A.	The Supposed Body of Bothwell	371
B.	The Burning of Lyon King of Arms	374
C.	The Date of Mary’s Visit to Glasgow	379
D.	The Band for Darnley’s Murder	381
E.	The Translations of the Casket Letters	385

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