JOIN / SIGN IN

Welcome to Hatchards Rewards

Earn a Rewards Stamp for every £10 you spend in our shops or online*

Every 10 Rewards Stamps you earn adds £10 to your Rewards Balance

Spend your Rewards Balance in our shops or online, with no minimum redemption*

*Exclusions apply, see full T&Cs for details.

Learn More

Fiction, Crime & Thrillers

Rizzio: Darkland Tales

Denise Mina (author)

Paperback Published on: 03/02/2022

£8.99

7 reviews

Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99

In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Make and edit your lists in your account

Check click & collect stock near you
Collect today: Pay in shop

In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Check click & collect stock near you
Collect today: Pay in shop

View other formats and editions

Bookseller Reviews

View all

Rizzio

Firstly I must thank Laura at Berlin for sending me a copy of this truly wonderful book, it really makes you feel as if you are in the Chambers of Queen Ma... READ MORE

Amanda Goddard at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Vivid and unflinching

This is the first in a new publishing series which will be shining a light on different aspects of Scottish history. In this case, we have the story from t... READ MORE

Emma B-W at Aberystwyth

Another stunner from Mina

I have to confess that each time I read a Denise Mina book - and I’ve read them all - I think it’s her best. As an author she is terrific at drawing you in... READ MORE

Valda at Bury St Edmunds

Very interesting

Thoroughly enjoyed this novella of Denise Mina. It really makes you feel you are in the present day. Its grim, gritty and very sad but such was the life of... READ MORE

Sally Boocock

Synopsis

Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month for February 2022

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2022

This breathtakingly tense work is a tale of sex, seduction, secrets and lies, one that looks at history through a modern lens and explores the lengths that men - and women - will go to in the search for love and power.

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...

Publisher information

Publisher: Birlinn General
ISBN: 9781846976094
Number of pages: 128
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
Weight: 117g
Languages: English

Customer Reviews

View all

Rizzio, bt Denise Mina

The murder of David Rizzio was the defining event of the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. From it everything followed: the murder of Darnley, the involvemen... READ MORE

David Kenvyn

Quite Different and a Great Read.

This novella centres around the assassination of David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1566. I have read all Denise Mina's books, she... READ MORE

Milton of Campsie Annie

Grimly realistic, yet completely gripping

A few years ago, the independent Scottish publisher, Birlinn, had the idea of commissioning some of Scotland’s bestselling contemporary authors to re-imagi... READ MORE

Oundle Crime

Rizzio: Darkland Tales

Bookseller Reviews

Synopsis

Publisher information

Customer Reviews

You may also like...