Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Maps xi
Preface xiv
Part 1 The Lennoxes' Background and Scottish Heritage 1
Chapter 1 The Marriage of the Earl of Lennox to Lady Margaret Douglas 2
Chapter 2 Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox 5
Chapter 3 Lady Margaret Douglas 11
Chapter 4 Lennox's involvement in English efforts to subsume Scotland under its control 16
Chapter 5 Efforts to secure a Protestant succession for the English throne 24
Chapter 6 The upbringing of Lord Darnley 30
Chapter 7 The Scottish Reformation 33
Part 2 Competing Ambitions to be Recognized as Elizabeth's Heir 43
Chapter 8 Mary's marries the Dauphin and becomes Queen Consort of France 44
Chapter 9 Margaret Douglas's initial efforts to promote Darnley as a husband for Mary 51
Chapter 10 Events following Mary's arrival in Scotland 56
Chapter 11 Rival efforts to be established as Elizabeth's heir 63
Chapter 12 Mary's efforts to find a husband 71
Chapter 13 The impact of Lennox's arrival in Scotland 83
Part 3 Darnley's Arrival in Scotland and Marriage to Mary 87
Chapter 14 The complex scheming that led to Darnley marrying Mary 88
Chapter 15 Moray's rebellion 108
Chapter 16 Mary's efforts to govern with her husband without Moray and Maitland 116
Chapter 17 Riccio's murder 126
Chapter 18 A time for compromise 140
Chapter 19 James's birth and its aftermath 146
Chapter 20 Mary's illness at Jedburgh and convalescence at Craigmillar 158
Chapter 21 The baptism of Prince James 167
Chapter 22 Mary's visit to Glasgow to persuade the king to return to Edinburgh 174
Part 4 King Henry's Murder 185
Chapter 23 The planning of the murder of the king 186
Chapter 24 The demise of the king 191
Chapter 25 A review of what happened 205
Chapter 26 The immediate aftermath of the murder and Mary's reaction to it 216
Part 5 The Conspiracy to Force Mary to Abdicate 227
Chapter 27 Pawns in a game of chess 228
Chapter 28 Bothwell's exoneration and marriage to Mary 240
Chapter 29 The confederate alliance challenges Mary and Orkney 253
Afterword 263
Genealogical tables 276
1 The English succession 276
2 The Scottish succession 278
3 Stewart (Stuart) of Lennox 280
4 Douglas of Angus 282
Bibliography 284
References and endnotes 289
Index 314
