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Mina, Denise,

Rizzio / Denise Mina. - Edinburgh : Polygon, 2021 - 1 volume ; 20 cm

"It's Saturday evening, 9 March 1566, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is six months pregnant. She's hosting a supper party. Outside, Edinburgh is bustling. It's full of the Great and the Good and the Idiot Sons of the Rich, here for a Parliament that will take Scotland by the shoulders and turn it from England to face Europe. Mary doesn't know that her Palace is surrounded - that, right now, an army of men is creeping upstairs to her chamber. They're coming to murder David Rizzio, her friend and secretary, the handsome Italian man who is smiling across the table at her. Mary's husband wants it done in front of her and he wants her to watch it done ..."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781846975677 1846975670

LCCN: 2021391209

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1A6588 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020249567 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Riccio, David, 1533?-1566 --Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Edinburgh (Scotland)--History--16th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR6063.I457 / R59 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92