the marquis of montrose
Author : john buchan
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 1913
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Author : john buchan
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 1913
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Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782004165
In August 1644, at the height of the First English Civil War, John Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, raised the standard of Royalist rebellion in Scotland. In a single year he won a string of remarkable victories with his army of Irish mercenaries and Highland clansmen. His victory at Auldearn, the centrepiece of his campaign, was won only after a day-long struggle and heavy casualties on both sides. This book details the remarkable sequence of victories at Tippermuir, Aberdeen, Inverlochy, Auldearn and Kilsyth that left Montrose briefly in the ascendant in Scotland. However, his decisive defeat and surrender at Philiphaugh finally crushed the Royalist cause in Scotland.
Author : Murdo Fraser
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,53 MB
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0857902482
The struggles of the Scottish Civil War of 1644-45 could easily be personified as a contest between James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose and Archibald Campbell, 8th Marquis of Argyll. Yet at first glance there seems to be more that unites them than separates them. Both came from ancient and powerful families; both were originally Covenanters; both considered themselves loyal subjects of Charles I, then Charles II, who in turn betrayed each of them, and both died at the hands of the executioner. In this book Murdo Fraser examines these two remarkable men, underlining their different personalities: Montrose, the brilliant military tactician - bold and brave but rash, and Campbell - altogether a more opaque figure, cautious, considered and difficult to read. The result is a vivid insight into two remarkable men who played a huge part in writing Scotland's history, and a fascinating portrait of a time of intense political upheaval.
Author : Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Scotland
ISBN :
Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
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ISBN : 9781530958467
A classic study of James Graham a hero, nobleman and military genius who struggled for years against the anti royalists in the Civil War in Scotland. It covers his life from his youth through to the marches across mountains and glens until he was executed in 1650.
Author : David Stevenson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Outlaws
ISBN : 9781780273785
This is the first time that Rob Roy's life has been written with a full range of sources. The picture that emerges is indeed striking, but not heroic. A man deeply wronged and oppressed, forced into outlawry, has to be modified by the clear evidence that he was only outlawed after undertaking a careful plan to swindle his creditors. With this book Scotland may lose a hero of the old-fashioned and unreal sort, but it possesses a Rob Roy whose life-story emerges as one that was dramatic and certainly more human. This radical revision of popular views on Rob Roy is based on much recently discovered material and is the first new biography for thirty years.
Author : Thomas Brumby Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Clans
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Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : History
ISBN :
"Montrose" by John Buchan is a detailed biography of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, who sought to reconcile Scotland's National Covenant with loyalty to Charles I. Buchan explores Montrose's role as Charles's lieutenant-general, highlighting his skillful leadership in Highland and Lowland battles in 1645-46. However, Montrose's fortunes took a downturn with the defeat at Philiphaugh in 1646. The book also covers Montrose's subsequent campaign for Charles II after his father's execution, his eventual defeat, betrayal, trial, and execution.
Author : Martin Coventry
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781899874248
A must for all those who want to visit Scotland's many castles. The book covers all of the coutry's famous strongholds, as well as many lesser-known places, with location, access, visitor facilities, and contact details. There is a map, many photos, a glossary of architectural terms, and a family-name index, allowing the reader to identify any castle associated with their family.
Author : David Stevenson
Publisher : Ulster Historical Foundation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2005-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781903688465
The New Scots, the men of the army the Scottish covenanters sent to Ireland, were the most formidable opponents of the Irish confederates for several crucial years in the 1640s, preventing them conquering all Ireland and destroying the Protestant plantation in Ulster. The greatest challenge to the power of the covenanters in Scotland at a time when they seemed invincible came from a largely Irish army, sent to Scotland by the confederates and commanded by the royalist marquis of Montrose. Thus the relations of Scotland and Ireland are clearly of great importance in understanding the complex 'War of the Three Kingdoms' and the interactions of the civil wars and revolutions of England, Scotland and Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. But though historians have studied Anglo-Scottish and Anglo-Irish relations extensively, Scottish-Irish relations have been largely neglected. Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates attempts to fill this gap, and in doing so provides the first comprehensive study of the Scottish Army in Ireland.