The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose
James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Through a string of brilliant military victories Montrose won the civil war in Scotland until it was plain that Charles I’s failure in England was so total that nothing could be salvaged. Montrose in this way mesmerised all Europe. His triumphs make him one of the outstanding figures of the era. In the end he was a victim of politics, a fate he gave every sign of welcoming. If he could not prevail as a warrior, he preferred to pay the ultimate price. In his own exuberant writings, both prose and poetry, Montrose expresses an astonishing confidence in his God-given role as hero. He is a historic royalist and an icon of Scotland. Hanged and with his body mutilated and cut to pieces in 1650, in 1661 his limbs were brought back from Glasgow, Perth, Stirling and Aberdeen, his head removed from a spike and he was re-buried in Holyrood Abbey. This is the first full biography of this extraordinary man in seventy years.
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The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose
James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Through a string of brilliant military victories Montrose won the civil war in Scotland until it was plain that Charles I’s failure in England was so total that nothing could be salvaged. Montrose in this way mesmerised all Europe. His triumphs make him one of the outstanding figures of the era. In the end he was a victim of politics, a fate he gave every sign of welcoming. If he could not prevail as a warrior, he preferred to pay the ultimate price. In his own exuberant writings, both prose and poetry, Montrose expresses an astonishing confidence in his God-given role as hero. He is a historic royalist and an icon of Scotland. Hanged and with his body mutilated and cut to pieces in 1650, in 1661 his limbs were brought back from Glasgow, Perth, Stirling and Aberdeen, his head removed from a spike and he was re-buried in Holyrood Abbey. This is the first full biography of this extraordinary man in seventy years.
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The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose

The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose

by Dominic Pearce
The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose

The King's Only Champion: James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose

by Dominic Pearce

Overview

James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Through a string of brilliant military victories Montrose won the civil war in Scotland until it was plain that Charles I’s failure in England was so total that nothing could be salvaged. Montrose in this way mesmerised all Europe. His triumphs make him one of the outstanding figures of the era. In the end he was a victim of politics, a fate he gave every sign of welcoming. If he could not prevail as a warrior, he preferred to pay the ultimate price. In his own exuberant writings, both prose and poetry, Montrose expresses an astonishing confidence in his God-given role as hero. He is a historic royalist and an icon of Scotland. Hanged and with his body mutilated and cut to pieces in 1650, in 1661 his limbs were brought back from Glasgow, Perth, Stirling and Aberdeen, his head removed from a spike and he was re-buried in Holyrood Abbey. This is the first full biography of this extraordinary man in seventy years.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781445695198
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 08/15/2023
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Dominic Pearce studied Classics at New College, Oxford, before pursuing a career in financial analysis, which took him to Japan, Spain and Austria – countries where the modern world succeeds a rich historic tradition. Since then he has undertaken historical and cultural research on the seventeenth century in particular, and also on the practice of art. He has published a study of drawing in collaboration with Francis Hoyland called 'Greek Light'. He is the author of a biography of Henrietta Maria. He lives in London.
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