An historical novel by a Scottish novelist who wrote a number of popular novels often featuring the history of Scotland. First published in 1896 and reprinted from the popular edition of 1910.
An historical novel by a Scottish novelist who wrote a number of popular novels often featuring the history of Scotland. First published in 1896 and r...
The night was hot in Paris. Breathless heat had brooded over the city all Saturday, the 23rd of August, 1572. It was the eve of Saint Bartholomew. The bell of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois had just clashed out the signal. The Louvre was one blaze of lights. Men with lanterns and poleaxes, as if going to the shambles to kill oxen, hurried along the streets.
The night was hot in Paris. Breathless heat had brooded over the city all Saturday, the 23rd of August, 1572. It was the eve of Saint Bartholomew. The...
Excerpt from The Men of the Moss-Hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken From the Papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway and Told Over Again I desire to express grateful thanks to my researchers, Mr. James Nicholson of Kirkcudbright, who examined on my behalf all the local records bearing upon the period and upon the persons treated of in this book; and to the Reverend John Anderson of the Edinburgh University Library, who brought to light from among the Earlstoun Papers and from the long-lost records of the United Societies, many of the materials which I have used in the...
Excerpt from The Men of the Moss-Hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken From the Papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway and Told Over Aga...