. English history of the Tudor period, 1485-1603, through a selected and annotated list of historical novels. rious classes of Scot-tish society not much, at all events not very immediately,or very consciously concerned in the great decisions ofthought which agitated the busy upper intellect of theage of Elizabeth and Mary, Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine,Mar, 1820, 6:693. -21- Author: Scott, Sir Walter, : The Abbott. Period: About personages: Douglas, George, cur, Douglas, Jaines, Earl of Morton, cur. Erskine, Margaret, wife of Sir William Douglas of Loch- leven C
. English history of the Tudor period, 1485-1603, through a selected and annotated list of historical novels. rious classes of Scot-tish society not much, at all events not very immediately,or very consciously concerned in the great decisions ofthought which agitated the busy upper intellect of theage of Elizabeth and Mary, Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine,Mar, 1820, 6:693. -21- Author: Scott, Sir Walter, : The Abbott. Period: About personages: Douglas, George, cur, Douglas, Jaines, Earl of Morton, cur. Erskine, Margaret, wife of Sir William Douglas of Loch- leven Castle, pis,Lindesay, Patrick, 6th,Lord of Lindesay, cur,Mary Stuart, Q,ueen of Scotland, , Sir John, 4th,Lord Herries, chap,22, 38,MelYille, Sir Robert, cur,Ruthven, Lord William, cur,Seyton, Lord George, cur,Stuart, James, Earl of Murray, cur,.Historical events: Marys imprisonment at Lochleven,Marys forced abdication. Attempt & failure of George Douglas to free Mary,Queens escape from Lochleven,Battle of Langside,Escape to England,Town, city or place: Lochleyen Castle, Edinburgh, Melrose,. -22- Society 8c manners of the period:Masquerades, chap,14, Fights for rif^iiht of way among nobles, chap,17,Life of the imprisoned Q,ueen,Revels, chap,27,Religious estimate: Much historic interest attaches to this bookon account of its very complete and life-like portraitof Mary Queen of Scots, which, though too favorable andromantic, has with the accompanying notes many detailsnot to be found in the ordinary histories. The herosfortunes are implicated with those of the unfortunateQ^ueen; he attends upon her in Lochleven Castle, assistsGeorge Douglas in the attempts to escape and is presentat the fatal battle of Dumbarton, Glimpses are given ofmany famous personages, the Regent Murray and the otherturbulant nobles of the Scottish court, the Lady ofLochleven &:c.; while the historic places, Edinburgh,Melrose, Lochleven &c. are drawn as they were at thisperiod, 156
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