A Vindication of James Hepburn: Fourth Earl of Bothwell, Third Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots |
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A Vindication of James Hepburn, Fourth Earl of Bothwell, Third Husband of ... J. Watts De Peyster No preview available - 2015 |
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According accused appear Archibald Douglas Argyle August beauty Binning Borthwick Castle Bothwell's brother Buchanan Burton Captain Carberry Hill Charles IX confession conspiracy conspirators Copenhagen Court crime Crown Danzay dark Darnley daughter death declared deed Denmark died divorce Duke Duke of Albany Earl of Bothwell Earl of Murray Edinburgh Elizabeth enemies England English executed explosion extradition eyes fact faith Fate Faudonside France Frederic French ambassador guilty hand heart Hermitage Castle Huntley husband James Balfour James Hepburn James VI King Kirk of Field known Lady letter living Lochleven Lord lover Maitland marriage married Mary of Guise Mary Stuart Mary's master Morton murder of Darnley noble passion Patrick Peder Oxe person political portrait Powrie princes prison Privy proof proved Queen Mary Queen of Scots regard Regent Robert Balfour Royal Danish Archives scarcely Scots Guard Scottish nobility servants silk overshoes strangled took truth wife woman
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