The Captain of the Guard
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The Captain of the Guard

By James Grant
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Excerpt: "On the evening of the 22nd November, 1440, the report of a brass carthoun, or cannon-royale, as it pealed from the castle of Edinburgh, made all who were in the thoroughfares below raise their eyes to the grey ramparts, where the white smoke was seen floating away from the summit of King David's Tower, and then people were seen hastening towards the southern side of the city, where the quaint old streets and narrow alleys opened into the fields, or the oakwoods of Bristo and Drumsheugh."

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GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length13 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE.
31CHAPTER XXX. BOLD SCHEMES.
2CHAPTER I. THE FOUR COFFINS.
32CHAPTER XXXI. BOMMEL.
3CHAPTER II. WILLIAM, DUKE OF TOURAINE.
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE CHURCH OF ST. GENEVIEVE.
4CHAPTER III. THE ENTRANCE.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. HOUSE OF THE DYCK GRAF.
5CHAPTER IV. THE SISTERS.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. NOON—THE PLOT.
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6CHAPTER V. THE ABBOT'S HOUSE.
36CHAPTER XXXV. NIGHT—THE SNARE.
7CHAPTER VI. MURIELLE.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. DUKE REINALD'S CROSS.
8CHAPTER VII. THE LEGEND OF ST. ANDREW'S CROSS.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. THE THIRD EVENING.
9CHAPTER VIII. I LOVE YOU.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. A WEDDING NIGHT.
10CHAPTER IX. THE TWENTY-THIRD OF NOVEMBER.
40CHAPTER XXXIX. A GLANCE AT HISTORY.
11CHAPTER X. FOREBODINGS.
41CHAPTER XL. THE PRISONER.
12CHAPTER XI THE VIGIL OF ST. CATHARINE.
42CHAPTER XLI. CRICHTON.
13CHAPTER XII. THE BLACK BULL'S HEAD.
43CHAPTER XLII. KING JAMES II.
14CHAPTER XIII. THE BLOCK.
44CHAPTER XLIII. A LADLEFUL OF GOLD.
15CHAPTER XIV. THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF NOVEMBER.
45CHAPTER XLIV. THE BOND.
16CHAPTER XV. A SECRET STAIR.
46CHAPTER XLV. SIR PATRICK GRAY'S JOURNEY.
17CHAPTER XVI. THE CASTLE OF THRAVE.
47CHAPTER XLVI. AN UNEXPECTED GUIDE.
18CHAPTER XVII. THE BOWER CHAMBER.
48CHAPTER XLVII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE BALCONY.
49CHAPTER XLVIII. DOUGLAS AND GRAY.
20CHAPTER XIX. A FEUDAL LORD.
50CHAPTER XLIX. THE FATE OF MACLELLAN.
21CHAPTER XX. THE MISSION.
51CHAPTER L. WILL HE ESCAPE?
22CHAPTER XXI. GRAY'S DEPARTURE.
52CHAPTER LI. STIRLING.
23CHAPTER XXII. THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND.
53CHAPTER LII. HOW THE KING BROKE THE BOND.
24CHAPTER XXIII. OUR LADY OF ANTWERP.
54CHAPTER LIII. THE SIEGE OF THRAVE.
25CHAPTER XXIV. MAÎTRE BAUDOIN.
55CHAPTER LIV. THE DEFIANCE.
26CHAPTER XXV. SNICK AND SNEE.
56CHAPTER LV. MOWAN'S MEG.
27CHAPTER XXVI. THE ROYAL LETTER.
57CHAPTER LVI. THE PARLEY.
28CHAPTER XXVII. THE CASTLE OF ENDHOVEN.
58CHAPTER LVII. THE FALL OF THRAVE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COURT OF GUELDRES.
59EPILOGUE.
30CHAPTER XXIX. A STRANGE RENCONTRE.

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