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OverviewExcerpt from Lauderdale Papers, Vol. 2: 1667-1678 The letters which were included in, the first volume of the Lauderdale Papers illustrated, to such an extent indeed in some parts as almost to remake, the History of the Government of Scotland from the Restoration to the summer of 1667. In May of that year Robert Moray was on his way from England, entrusted by Lauderdale with the mission of breaking up the cabal which had been formed, on the basis of mutual support in extortion and oppression, between the Church and the military party, and the continuance of which constituted a serious danger to his own influence. In the present volume is contained a selection of letters, far too meagre to do justice to the value of the correspond ence, in which are detailed the tact and firmness with which Moray successfully accomplished his mission, and the course of Lauder dale's government of; Scotland, sometimes in person and sometimes through his lieutenants Moray, Tweeddale, and Kincardine, down to the period when, after having for some time been the sole and practically irresponsible ruler of Scotland, he suddenly found him self faced by an opposition, no longer fighting him by trickery and intrigue, but Open and constitutional, aroused by the excesses of misgovernment in which, at the instigation of a vulgar and. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Osmund AiryPublisher: Forgotten Books Imprint: Forgotten Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.939kg ISBN: 9781331692225ISBN 10: 1331692229 Pages: 714 Publication Date: 14 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In stock Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |