The Proud Servant by Margaret Irwin

The Proud Servant

By Margaret Irwin

Pan Books, 1966, Unabridged, paperback

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to covers, some creasing, and tears to edges and in general, no inscriptions, age toned pages (see photographs)

“There are few heroes even in Scottish history to be compared with James Graham, first Marquis of Montrose, who promised Charles I to ‘raise Scotland for the King’ and to do it rode with only two men through the armies of his enemies, and within a year made himself master of Scotland.
Here is the story of the interwoven fates of Montrose and his king; a queer tale of seduction and witchcraft; a lovely portrait of a woman in that most difficult situation, the wife of a hero.  And here is the hero himself, the poet and soldier whose life bore out the promise in his most famous lines:
He either fears his fate too much
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch
To win or lose it all.”