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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
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Table of contents
1PREFACE.
32CHAPTER XXXI. THE PORTE OF THE SPUR.
2CHAPTER I. JANE SETON.
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE THREE TREES OF DYSART.
3CHAPTER II. MAGDALENE OF FRANCE.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. THE WEEM.
4CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DEATH OF MAGDALENE.
5CHAPTER IV. REDHALL.
36CHAPTER XXXV. THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE.
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6CHAPTER V. THE WITCH-PRICKER.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. THE RACK—THE DEVIL'S MARK.
7CHAPTER VI. THE ILLUMINATED SPIRE.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GAGE OF BATTLE.
8CHAPTER VII. TWO OFFICIALS.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE EARL'S DARING.
9CHAPTER VIII. THE QUEEN'S MASQUE.
40CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EARL'S SUCCESS.
10CHAPTER IX. LA VOLTA.
41CHAPTER XL. SYBIL.
11CHAPTER X. LOVE AND ABHORRENCE.
42CHAPTER XLI. A HAMILTON! A HAMILTON!
12CHAPTER XI. SWORDBLADES AND SALVE.
43CHAPTER XLII. DAVID'S TOWER—THE PHYSICIAN.
13CHAPTER XII. EDINBURGH IN 1537
44CHAPTER XLIII. DAVID'S TOWER—THE PRIEST.
14CHAPTER XIII. SAINT GILES.
45CHAPTER XLIV. DAVID'S TOWER—THE LOVER.
15CHAPTER XIV. THE CHANCELLOR OF SCOTLAND.
46CHAPTER XLV. THE BOON.
16CHAPTER XV. THE NOON OF LOVE.
47CHAPTER XLVI. THIRST!
17CHAPTER XVI. VIPONT'S HOUSEHOLD.
48CHAPTER XLVII. WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
18CHAPTER XVII. A LORD ADVOCATE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
49CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CROSS AND GILLSTOUP.
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE CASTLE OF INCHKEITH.
50CHAPTER XLIX THE CASTAWAYS.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE FORTUNATE SWORD-THRUST.
51CHAPTER L. FALKLAND.
21CHAPTER XX. THE BLACK PAGE.
52CHAPTER LI. THE KING AND THE CARDINAL.
22CHAPTER XXI. JOHN OF THE SILVERMILLS.
53CHAPTER LII. THE LAIRD OF CLATTO.
23CHAPTER XXII. TEN RED GRAINS.
54CHAPTER LIII. THE FIGHT AT INVERTEIL.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE FIRST VISIT.
55CHAPTER LIV. THE KING'S HORN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. THE KNIFE.
56CHAPTER LV. THE BLUEGOWN.
26CHAPTER XXV. DOUGLASDALE.
57CHAPTER LVI. THE TEMPTATION.
27CHAPTER XXVI. THE BARMKYN OF CAIRNTABLE.
58CHAPTER LVII. THE LOCH.
28CHAPTER XXVII. THE POMMEL OF THE PONIARD.
59CHAPTER LVIII. THE LAW OF THE SWORD.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. A DRAUGHT OF WATER.
60CHAPTER LIX. THE PLACE OF DOOM.
30CHAPTER XXIX. THE SECOND VISIT.
61CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION.
31CHAPTER XXX. SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!
62NOTES.
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