The Earls Of Cromartie Their Kindred Country And Correspondence Volume 1

Author : William Fraser
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333562373
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Earls of Cromartie, Vol. 1 of 2 written by William Fraser and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Earls of Cromartie, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Kindred, Country, and Correspondence The first volume, in addition to the Correspondence, contains the memoirs OF the tarbat OR cromartie branch OF the mackenzie family, with an introduction ON the origin OF the mackenzies, a subject which has caused much discussion. The Memoir of the first Earl of Cromartie com prehends the whole of his official and domestic life, with an account of his numerous literary works, and he is necessarily the most prominent figure in the book. The memoirs of his immediate ancestors, his father, Sir John, and his grandfather, Sir Rorie Mackenzie, are given comprehensively, as well as the memoirs of his immediate successors, the second and third Earls of Cromartie, and of the eldest son of the latter, John Lord Macleod. 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.