Title: Mary Queen of Scots and the casket letters /
Authors: MacRobert, A. E.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris ; In U.S and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Mary,; Bothwell, James Hepburn,; Darnley, Henry Stuart,; Queens Scotland Biography; Love-letters Scotland.; Scotland History Sources.; Scotland History
Abstract: 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.
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.