Bothwell; or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 3)

BOTHWELL:
OR,
THE DAYS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
BY JAMES GRANT, ESQ.,
AUTHOR OF
THE ROMANCE OF WAR, MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH CASTLE, THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER, &c., &c.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON: PARRY & CO., LEADENHALL STREET. MDCCCLI.
M'CORQUODALE AND CO., PRINTERS, LONDON. WORKS, NEWTON.
PREFACE.
The leading event upon which the following story hinges, will be found in the illustrative notes at the end of the third volume, which will show that the Magister Absalom (so frequently referred to) was a real personage, who, in the days of Earl Bothwell, was a Protestant clergyman at Bergen, and author of a Diary named The Chapter Book .