Memoirs of the Pretenders
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Pretenders: And Their Adherents The Princess Clementina Maria Sobieski; Birth and early Character of the Princess. - Selected for the Wife of the Pretender. - Wogan´s Account of his Romantic Adventures to carry the Proposal to her. - Arrested, and confined in a Convent at Innspruck. - Stratagem for her Release. - Arrival at Bologna. Her Exception by the Chevalier. - Medal struck in Commemoration of her Escape. - Disagreement with her Husband, and Separation. - Keysler´s Character of her in her Fifty-fifth Year. - Her Death; James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater; His Birth and early Connections. - How related to the Stuarts. - Joins the Insurgents. - His Arrest, Trial, and Defence. - His Sentence and Death. - Question as to his Place of Burial determined; William Maxwell, Earl of Nithisdale; His Connection with the Insurgents. - His Committal to the Tower. - Escapes in Female Disguise. - Lady Nithisdale´s Account of his Escape; Simon Lord Lovat; His early Attachment to the House of Stuart. - Assumes the Title, and claims the Estates, of the deceased Lord Lovat. - His Daughter institutes legal Proceedings against her Relative. - Lord Lovat´s Stratagem to make her his Wife frustrated. - His atrocious Marriage with her Mother. - Warrant issued for his Arrest. - Sets the Government at defiance. - His Plight to the Court of the Pretender. - Returns to Scotland as the accredited Agent of the Stuarts. - Arrested by the French King for Treachery. - Enters into Holy Orders to effect his Release. - Joins the Society of Jesuits. - Returns to Scotland, and joins the Adherents of the House of Hanover. - Obtains undisputed Possession of his Titles for his Reward. - Joins the Insurgents after the Battle of Preston. - His Arrest after the Battle of Culloden. - His Trial and Execution; William Gordon, Viscount Kenmure; Account of the Family of Gordon, Viscount Kenmure. - Lord Kenmure´s disinterested Conduct in espousing the Cause of the Stuarts. - Taken Prisoner at Preston. - His Trial and Execution About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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