The Life And Times Of Montrose Etc

Author : Mark Napier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331330783
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Montrose written by Mark Napier and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Times of Montrose: Illustrated From Original Manuscripts, Including Family Papers Now First Published From the Montrose Charter-Chest and Other Private Repositories Two years ago I published a work entitled "Montrose and the Covenanters," with a view not merely to illustrate the life of the Great Marques, bat in order to lay before each readers as are curious in historical antiquities, various original documents, which seemed to shed some new lights upon the eventful and interesting period during which he bore so conspicuous a part. The object of that performance is so far attained, that even those who are more desirous to perpetuate calumnies against the hero than to see him exonerated, must find their invectives restrained by an exposure of the iniquities of the Covenant, not less than by an illustration of the high principles and honourable feelings upon which Montrose acted in opposition to it. But it has, nevertheless, been suggested that a Life of this great man, deduced from the original materials, and compressed into a single volume of a more popular cast, would be acceptable to the public. While in the progress of composing this smaller work, I have been so fortunate as to acquire additional materials which cannot fail to recommend it to all who are not contented to take their ideas of public characters, or derive their knowledge of historical events, from the eulogies of biographers or the party spirit of historians. 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.