WILLIAM DOUGLAS, DUKE OF HAMILTON: Premier Scots peer. JOHN HAMILTON, LORD BELHAVEN AND STENTON: Uncle of above. JOHN HAMILTON OF BEIL: Another young laird, later 2nd Lord Belhaven & Stenton. JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE: Secretary of State Lord High Commissioner to the Scots Parliament. Printed and bound in Great Britain for Hodder and Stoughton Paperbacks, a division of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., Mill Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent (Editorial Office: 47 Bedford Square, London, WC1 3DP) by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd., Bungay, SuffolkĪNDREW FLETCHER: Laird of Saltoun, East Lothian, a rich property.
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way or trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which this is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. The characters and situations in this book areĮntirely imaginary and bear no relation to any real person or Oh, yes - I will do what I can, God aiding me!'įirst published in Great Britain 1982 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd I have neither the stature nor the station and standing. 'But do not look on me as one of Scotland's leaders, see you. 'Yes, yes - we have a leader, one leader again!' Margaret exclaimed, in a rush, eyes shining.
Many, to be sure, have been executed, or driven into exile.
Our natural leaders seem to have died out. 'Dear God - and this is Scotland! Like a rudderless ship in a storm! Is there nobody left in the land to grasp the helm? No spirit surviving in this ancient nation? Have we become a race of serfs, cowards and toadies?'
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