Holyrood Its Palace And Its Abbey An Historical Appreciation PDF Download

Excerpt from Holyrood, Its Palace and Its Abbey: An Historical Appreciation The Stewart kings at Holyrood. Although, in many respects, a brilliant and distinguished race, the sad fate which overtook most of the Stewart occupants of the Scottish throne forms a chronicle of disaster without parallel in the history of any other royal family in Europe. Of the five kings who all bore the name of James and ruled successively from the year 1406 down to 1542, no fewer than four met with violent deaths. Two, James I. And his grandson, James III., were murdered; while the Second James was killed through the accidental bursting of a bombard during the siege of Roxburgh Castle. The Fourth King J ames - the noblest of the Stewarts - was slain on the fatal field of Flodden, and his son James V. Died at Falkland Palace of a broken heart, induced through the misbehaviour of his turbulent nobility at the battle of Solway Moss. It is, however, with the tragic story of the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, that the Palace of Holyrood is most closely associated. After a residence in France of thirteen years - the happiest period of her life - Mary returned to her native land in 1561, to fill what in the interval had become an impossible situation. The tragedy of her life then began, but her high spirit and indomitable courage never failed her, and the attractive personality which so charmed the courtiers of Henry II. Of France still maintains its glamour, after centuries of intervening years, over the peoples of Western Europe and of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.