Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Vol. 1 of 2

Mary's reign still give rise to frequent doubts and discussions and the question regarding her char acter, which has so long agitated and divided the literary world, remains undetermined. Itis indeed only they who have time and inclination to dis mantle the shelves of a library and pore over many a contradictory volume, - examine many a per plexing hypothesis, - and endeavour to reconcile many an inconsistent and distracting statement, - who are entitled to pronounce upon her guilt or innocence.

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Excerpt from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Vol. 1 of 2

A new work on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots runs an imminent risk of being considered a work of supererogation. No period of British history has been more elaborately illustrated than that of her life and reign. She ascended the Scottish throne at a time replete with interest; when the country had awakened from the lethargy of ages, and when the gray dawn of civilization, heralding the full sunshine of coming years, threw its light and shade on many a bold and prominent figure, standing confessed in rugged grandeur as the darkness gradually rolled away. It was a time when national and individual character were alike strongly marked, - a time when Knox preached, Buchanan wrote, Murray plotted, and Bothwell murdered. The mailed feudal barons, - the unshrinking Reformers, founders of the Presbyterian church, and mailed in mind if not in body, - the discomfited, but the still rich and haughty ecclesiastics of the Romish faith, the contemporaries and followers of the stern Cardinal Beaton, - all start forth so vividly before the mind's eye that they seem subjects better suited for the inspired pencil of a Salvator Rosa than for the soberer pen of history.

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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.