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Excerpt: "On the 19th of May, 1537, the bells of Edinburgh rang joyously. It was a day of loyalty and merriment such as never more may gladden Scotland's ancient capital. After a nine months' absence, James V.—"the good king James, the commons' king, the father of the poor," the patron of the infant arts and sciences, the mirror of chivalry and romance, as he was affectionately named by a people who idolized him—had arrived in the Firth of Forth with his young queen Magdalene of Valois, whom for her dazzling beauty he had chosen from among three princesses, all possessed of unusual charms, and whom he had espoused in the great cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, in presence of her father, the magnificent and magnanimous Francis I., seven cardinals, and all the noblesse and beauty of France. After spending the honeymoon at the Hôtel de Cluny, a beautiful old gothic house belonging to the family of Lorraine, they had sailed for Scotland."
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length18 hrs 32 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
2CHAPTER I. JANE SETON.
3CHAPTER II. MAGDALENE OF FRANCE.
4CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE.
5CHAPTER IV. REDHALL.
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6CHAPTER V. THE WITCH-PRICKER.
7CHAPTER VI. THE ILLUMINATED SPIRE.
8CHAPTER VII. TWO OFFICIALS.
9CHAPTER VIII. THE QUEEN'S MASQUE.
10CHAPTER IX. LA VOLTA.
11CHAPTER X. LOVE AND ABHORRENCE.
12CHAPTER XI. SWORDBLADES AND SALVE.
13CHAPTER XII. EDINBURGH IN 1537
14CHAPTER XIII. SAINT GILES.
15CHAPTER XIV. THE CHANCELLOR OF SCOTLAND.
16CHAPTER XV. THE NOON OF LOVE.
17CHAPTER XVI. VIPONT'S HOUSEHOLD.
18CHAPTER XVII. A LORD ADVOCATE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE CASTLE OF INCHKEITH.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE FORTUNATE SWORD-THRUST.
21CHAPTER XX. THE BLACK PAGE.
22CHAPTER XXI. JOHN OF THE SILVERMILLS.
23CHAPTER XXII. TEN RED GRAINS.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE FIRST VISIT.
25CHAPTER XXIV. THE KNIFE.
26CHAPTER XXV. DOUGLASDALE.
27CHAPTER XXVI. THE BARMKYN OF CAIRNTABLE.
28CHAPTER XXVII. THE POMMEL OF THE PONIARD.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. A DRAUGHT OF WATER.
30CHAPTER XXIX. THE SECOND VISIT.
31CHAPTER XXX. SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!
32CHAPTER XXXI. THE PORTE OF THE SPUR.
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE THREE TREES OF DYSART.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. THE WEEM.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DEATH OF MAGDALENE.
36CHAPTER XXXV. THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. THE RACK—THE DEVIL'S MARK.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GAGE OF BATTLE.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE EARL'S DARING.
40CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EARL'S SUCCESS.
41CHAPTER XL. SYBIL.
42CHAPTER XLI. A HAMILTON! A HAMILTON!
43CHAPTER XLII. DAVID'S TOWER—THE PHYSICIAN.
44CHAPTER XLIII. DAVID'S TOWER—THE PRIEST.
45CHAPTER XLIV. DAVID'S TOWER—THE LOVER.
46CHAPTER XLV. THE BOON.
47CHAPTER XLVI. THIRST!
48CHAPTER XLVII. WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
49CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CROSS AND GILLSTOUP.
50CHAPTER XLIX THE CASTAWAYS.
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