Mary Queen of Scots and the casket letters
By: AE MacRobert.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In U.S and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.; Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, 1536?-1578.; Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord, 1545-1567.; Queens -- Scotland -- Biography.; Love-letters -- Scotland.; Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 -- Sources.; Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567.
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and index.
"Texts of the eight Casket Letters": p. 163-192.