{"product_id":"claverhouse-gb-18254","title":"Claverhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaverhouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkton's \"True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration\r\nto the year 1678,\" edited by C.K. Sharpe, 1817. This edition includes\r\nRussell's account of the murder of Archbishop Sharp and of the affairs\r\nat Drumclog and Glasgow.\nJohn Graham, Viscount of Dundee, best known, perhaps, in history by his\r\nterritorial title of Claverhouse, was born in the year 1643. No record,\r\nindeed, exists either of the time or place of his birth, but a decision\r\nof the Court of Session seems to fix the former in that yearthe year,\r\nas lovers of historical coincidences will not fail to remark, of the\r\nSolemn League and Covenant.[1]\nHe came of an ancient and noble stock. The family of Graham can be\r\ntraced back in unbroken succession to the beginning of the twelfth\r\ncentury; and indeed there have been attempts to encumber its scutcheon\r\nwith the quarterings of a fabulous antiquity. Gram, we are told, was in\r\nsome primeval time the generic name for all independent leaders of men,\r\nand was borne by one of the[Pg 2] earliest kings of Denmark. Another has\r\nsurmised that if Graham be the proper spelling of the name, it may be\r\ncompounded of Gray and Ham, the dwelling, or home, of Gray; but if\r\nGrame, or Grme, be the correct form, then we must regard it as a\r\ngenuine Saxon word, signifying fierce, or grim. Such exercises are\r\ningenious, and to some minds, possibly, interesting; but they are surely\r\nin this case superfluous. A pedigree, says Scott laughingly as he sits\r\ndown to trace his own, is the national prerogative of every Scottishman,\r\nas unalienable as his pride and poverty; but he must be very poor or\r\nvery proud who cannot find his account in the legitimate pedigree of the\r\nHouse of Montrose.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 18254 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Morris, Mowbray \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Apr 25, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Morris, Mowbray,1847-1911 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217524261021,"sku":"gb-18254-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/18254.jpg?v=1671435929","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/claverhouse-gb-18254","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}