Pilgrim of Slaughter
Published on 24. September 2015
224 pages
978-1-910324-54-7 (ISBN)
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On the eve of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, a series of gory murders are discovered by investigative advocate John MacKenzie and his assistant Davie Scougall. Drawn into a world of Papist plots, Presbyterian secret societies and religious and political upheaval, the pair follow a trail of clues left by a murderous, self-proclaimed 'Messenger of God'.
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Douglas Watt
Pilgrim of Slaughter
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Luath Press Ltd
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Douglas Watt is an historian, poet and novelist. He is the author of The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations (2007), a well-received history of the Darien Disaster and Parliamen-tary Union between Scotland and England, which won the Hume Brown Senior Prize in Scottish History in 2008. Douglas Watt has also contributed opinion pieces to the Scotsman on financial, historical and political subjects. He lives in Linlithgow with his wife Julie and their three children.
Content
- Intro
- Author Bio
- By the same author
- Title page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- The Main Characters
- Historical Note: Scotland in 1688
- Prologue
- 1: An Incident on the High Street of Edinburgh
- 2: News of a Birth
- 3: A Letter for Rosehaugh
- 4: Dinner at The Hawthorns
- 5: A Mother's Despair
- 6: The Music of the Virginal
- 7: Dr Black Secures a Loan
- 8: Confession of an Assassin
- 9: An Opportunity for Davie Scougall
- 10: A Customer for Maggie Lister
- 11: Application of the Boot
- 12: A Secret Association
- 13: Proclamation of Papist
- 14: A Note from Rosehaugh
- 15: Dissection of a Frog
- 16: A New Case for MacKenzie
- 17: Investigations in Niven's Wynd
- 18: Pittendean House
- 19: Lodgings of a Papist
- 20: Conversation in Parliament Square
- 21: Golf on the Links
- 22: A Body in a Bawdy-House
- 23: Scougall Makes a Confession
- 24: A Walk in the Country
- 25: A Late Sermon
- 26: Purchase of a Periwig
- 27: An Awkward Request
- 28: Questions Over Coffee
- 29: A Liberal Education
- 30: Sanctuary at Holyrood
- 31: A Capital Fund
- 32: A Night on the Town
- 33: A Witness Comes Forward
- 34: A Summons to the Castle Hill
- 35: Weight of a Body
- 36: The Association Reconvenes
- 37: Turkish Baths
- 38: Storming of the Palace
- 39: The Road to London
- 40: Christmas Day in Edinburgh
- 41: Revelations
- 42: A Confession
- 43: A Walk in the Gloaming
- 44: Cabinet of Wonders
- 45: A Visit from Bessie Troon
- 46: The Lair of Satan
- 47: Recovery at Libberton's Wynd
- 48: Failure of a Bill
- 49: Jacobite Rebellion
- Epilogue: Glorious Revolution
- Acknowledgements
