New PDF release: The Stewart Earls of Orkney

By Peter Anderson

ISBN-10: 1904607462

ISBN-13: 9781904607465

for nearly a century the islands of Orkney and Shetland have been less than the rule of thumb of the Stewart earls, father and son, a rule notable for its notorious attractiveness in island heritage. Robert Stewart was once an illegitimate son of James V, king of Scots, who seized energy in Orkney within the 1560s and used to be created earl of Shetland in 1581. Robert's son used to be the extreme and ill-starred Earl Patrick, 'Black Patie', whose execution for treason in 1615 introduced the period to a detailed. This ebook has its foundations in prior books via Peter Anderson, one on every one character.

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