A novel about the intrigue and romance surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots. Preedy was a pseudonym of Gabrielle Long, who also wrote as Joseph Shearing and was perhaps best known as the author Marjorie Bowen. Mary Stuart, ill-fated Queen of Scots is influenced by four men: Lord Moray, her illegitimate half-brother; Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; David Rizzio, her Italian servant; and James, Earl of Bothwell. The road leads finally to the Castle of Lochleven and Mary's terrible death. LORD MORAY, her illegitimate half-brother, who managed her affairs of State and adored her with a more-than-brotherly passion. Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, whom she worshipped for his beauty and despised for his blundering stupidity.