Author: M. WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Dunearn Peat Bog
Author: M. WhiteThe Duel Between Sir Alexander Boswell and James Stuart
Author: Michael MossPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527534957
Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822) wrote Scottish songs that are still performed today, such as â oeJennyâ (TM)s Bawbeeâ . An extravagant character and a Tory, he wrote flagrant lampoons of his Whig opponents. One of them greatly incensed his Whig cousin James Stuart of Dunearn, who challenged him to a duel in which Boswell was killed. At his trial for murder, Stuart was represented as a peaceable man unaccustomed to the use of firearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. He served in the militia, was irascible and, at times, violent. This book tells the compelling stories of the remarkable tangled events that led to their quarrel. The duel marked a turning point in Scottish politics away from a turbulent and fractious past to a quieter future. The Whigs triumphed, paving the way for liberal Scotland. In addition, this volume includes, for the first time, many of Boswellâ (TM)s poems and witty lampoons.
A Catalogue of the Indigenous Phenogamic Plants growing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, etc
Author: James WOODFORDE (of Argyle Square, Edinburgh.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Indigenous Phenogamic Plants Growing in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh and of Certain Species of the Class Cryptogamia, with Reference to Their Localities
Author: James Woodforde (of Edinburgh.)Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The Duel between Sir Alexander Boswell and James Stuart
Author: Michael MossPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527537439
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822) wrote Scottish songs that are still performed today, such as “Jenny’s Bawbee”. An extravagant character and a Tory, he wrote flagrant lampoons of his Whig opponents. One of them greatly incensed his Whig cousin James Stuart of Dunearn, who challenged him to a duel in which Boswell was killed. At his trial for murder, Stuart was represented as a peaceable man unaccustomed to the use of firearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. He served in the militia, was irascible and, at times, violent. This book tells the compelling stories of the remarkable tangled events that led to their quarrel. The duel marked a turning point in Scottish politics away from a turbulent and fractious past to a quieter future. The Whigs triumphed, paving the way for liberal Scotland. In addition, this volume includes, for the first time, many of Boswell’s poems and witty lampoons.
Flora Scotica
Author: sir William Jackson HookerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Flora Scotica
Author: HookerThe Place Names of Fife and Kinross
Author: W. J. M. LiddallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fife
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Flora Scotica, Or, a Description of Scotish Plants Arranged Both According to the Artificial and Natural Methods
Author: William Jackson HookerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Pageant of the Forth
Author: Stewart DickPublisher:
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Category : Forth, Firth of (Scotland).
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description