Civil Warrior - the extraordinary life and complete poetical works of James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose, warrior and poet, 1612-1650
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612- Montrose; Bell, Robin (ed)
Luath Press (2002)
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Hardcover 1842820133
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LoC Classification PR2315.M73A17 2002
Dewey 821.4
Nationality British
Dust Jacket dj
Cover Price $22.22
No. of Pages 224
Height x Width 8.3 x 5.6  inch
First Edition Yes
Original Publication Year 2002
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Conflict English Civil War
Notes
From 1644 Graham commanded the Royalist forces in Scotland during the Civil War. After several brilliant successes, he was defeated at Philiphaugh in September, 1645 and fled to Norway. In 1650 he returned to Scotland but was unable to raise followers, and was finally betrayed to the Parliament and executed in Edinburgh.

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Four centuries after they were written, these words are still used to summon up the courage to do the right thing, rather than submit to the easy option. The man who wrote them, James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose, lived at a time when British central government was arbitrary and authoritarian in its control but weak in genuine policies. Slippery deals, cynical spin, smug grandees and greedy newcomers were rife. As Britain fragmented into civil war under the burden of the separate ambitions of a host of political opportunists, Montrose fought against the unholy alliance between extreme Puritanism and parliamentary hypocrisy. He was executed in Edinburgh at the age of 37 Montrose was scholarly and widely-travelled. His words were full of wit and vision. Above all, they have the immediacy of personal engagement in the battle to save Scotland from lapsing back into its old endemic vulnerability. "To Win Or Lose It All" gives today's reader a unique chance to compare the passions that divided a badly devolved Britain then and now.