Photos and Portraits of some of the people, places and events that occurred in the book
The Action was primarily set at Knockhall Castle. Here is a photo of the actual castle. Apologies for misleading you all with the cover but this photo is less mysterious or inspiring!
![Knockhall Castle, Geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Knockhall_Castle%2C_Geograph.jpg)
King James VI in a portrait by John de Critz in c.1605
![JamesIEngland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/JamesIEngland.jpg/256px-JamesIEngland.jpg)
King James VI a few years before his death in a portrait by Daniel Mytens c.1621
![James I of England by Daniel Mytens](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/James_I_of_England_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg/256px-James_I_of_England_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg)
Anne of Denmark, also in a portrait by John de Critz in c.1605
![Anne of Denmark 1605](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Anne_of_Denmark_1605.jpg/256px-Anne_of_Denmark_1605.jpg)
Lord Maitland
![LordThirlestane](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/LordThirlestane.jpg/256px-LordThirlestane.jpg)
The original uploader was Kittybrewster at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA
Jane Melville (she was known as Jane Kennedy and used her maiden name after marrying Andrew but to avoid confusion in the book she was referred to as Jane Melville). This portrait shows her on the left placing a blindfold on Queen Mary in a 19th century painting by Abel de Pujol
![Execution-of-Mary-Queen-of-Scots](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Execution-of-Mary-Queen-of-Scots.jpg)
A painting of the Spanish Armada being defeated by Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1796
![Spanish Armada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Spanish_Armada.jpg/512px-Spanish_Armada.jpg)
Witches kneeling before King James VI in a depiction of the North Berwick Witch trials in Daemonologie
![North Berwick Witches](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/North_Berwick_Witches.png)
A drawing of the English expedition to the New World in 1590 by John White
![The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia (1590)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/The_Englishmen%27s_arrival_in_Virginia_%281590%29.jpg/512px-The_Englishmen%27s_arrival_in_Virginia_%281590%29.jpg)
Esme Stewart, the King’s first true love. Portrait painter is unknown but thought to have been painted in 1590 many years after his death
![EsméStewart 1stDukeOfLennox Died1583 NationalGallery Scotland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Esm%C3%A9Stewart_1stDukeOfLennox_Died1583_NationalGallery_Scotland.png/256px-Esm%C3%A9Stewart_1stDukeOfLennox_Died1583_NationalGallery_Scotland.png)
Robert Carr, a ‘close’ friend of King James VI in a portrait by John Hoskins c.1625
![Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset by John Hoskins](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Robert_Carr%2C_Earl_of_Somerset_by_John_Hoskins.jpg/256px-Robert_Carr%2C_Earl_of_Somerset_by_John_Hoskins.jpg)
George Villiers, another ‘close’ friend of King James VI in a portrait by Rubens in 1625
![George.Villiers.(digital-tweak-of-restored-Rubens)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/George.Villiers.%28digital-tweak-of-restored-Rubens%29.jpg/256px-George.Villiers.%28digital-tweak-of-restored-Rubens%29.jpg)
The Banqueting House in London that King James VI built as it stands today
![Banqueting House Interior](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Banqueting_House_Interior.jpg/512px-Banqueting_House_Interior.jpg)
Grahampurse / CC BY-SA