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Rizzio by Denise Mina: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Rizzio by Denise Mina, Episode 1

The plot to murder Mary, Queen of Scots' secretary, the Italian David Rizzio.

In 1566, half the nobles of Scotland plan to murder Mary, Queen of Scots' private secretary, the Italian David Rizzio - right in front of the Queen. Read by Siobhán Redmond.

1/5. Denise Mina’s historical novella examines one of Scotland’s most infamous political murders. In 1566, Mary, Queen of Scots is six months’ pregnant and is hosting a small supper party in her chambers at Holyrood Palace.  Her unfaithful drunk of a husband, Lord Darnley, is plotting with half the nobles of Scotland to murder Mary’s private secretary, the Italian David Rizzio.  They plan to kill him in front of the Queen, hoping she might miscarry, or perhaps even die.
Read by Siobhán Redmond, and abridged by Colin MacDonald.
Producer: Bruce Young

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In 1566, half the nobles of Scotland plan to murder Mary, Queen of Scots' private secretary, the Italian David Rizzio - right in front of the Queen.  Read by Siobhán Redmond.

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