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Rizzio

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David. ?1533--66, Italian musician and courtier who became the secretary and favourite of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was murdered at the instigation of a group of nobles, including Mary's husband, Darnley


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On March 9, 1566, Mary and a few attendants, including Rizzio, were dining in a small room adjoining her bedchamber at Holyroodhouse when Darnley burst into the room, followed by a clutch of armed noblemen who tore Rizzio from MaryAAEs arms.
SA Carr, commissioned by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, carries on the ratiocinative tradition of Sherlock Holmes with an adventure involving the murder of architect Sir Alistair Sinclair and his assistant in Scotland at Holyrood House, haunted by the ghost of David Rizzio, secretary to Mary Queen of Scots.
They will trace the dramatic story of one of the palace's most famous residents - Mary Queen of Scots - including her infamous association with Lord Darnley and the murder of her Italian secretary David Rizzio.
 
 
 
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