Tales Of A Grandfather Being Histories Taken From Scottish History 1

Author : Hugh Littlejohn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330286159
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Hugh Littlejohn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 1 of 2: Being Stories Taken From Scottish History; Second Series The kind reception which the former Tales, written for your amusement and edification, have met with, induces me, my dear little boy, to make an attempt to bring down my historical narrative to a period, when the union of England and Scotland became as complete, in the intimacy of feelings and interests, as law had declared and intended them to be, and as the mutual advantage of both countries had long, though in vain, required. We left off, you may recollect, when James, the sixth of that name who reigned in Scotland, succeeded, by the death of Queen Elizabeth, to the throne of England, and thus became Sovereign of the whole Island of Britain. Ireland also belonged to his dominions, having been partly subdued by the arms of the English, and partly surrendered to them by the submission of the natives. There had been, during Elizabeth's time, many wars with the native Lords and Chiefs of the country; but the English finally obtained the undisturbed and undisputed possession of that rich and beautiful island. Thus the three kingdoms, formed by the Britannic Islands, came into the possession of one Sovereign, who was thus fixed in a situation of strength and security, which was at that time th lot of few monarchs in Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.