Mary I Queen Of Scots – Early Years Of Her Life

Mary I who was known in France as Marie Stuart and in Scotland and England as Mary Queen of Scots was born on 8 December 1542 at Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, which is about 20 miles from Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Her father was King James V of Scotland and her mother was the French born Mary of Guise. Mary was the couple’s only surviving child.

The Highlands Of Scotland And Its History

The Highlands of Scotland have been well documented for their conflicts and betrayals in fact it is surely legitimate that from the reign of James IV in the 1490’s life in the Highlands had been fairly tumultuous. In 1493, James went against the powerful chiefs of the MacDonald Clan and forfeited the MacDonald Lord of the Isles in favour of himself along with the Campbell Clan. Therefore the Campbell’s took over as powerhouse in that time at the expense of the MacDonalds.

Isle of Jura Malt Whisky

I have a personal interest in the Isle of Jura and know its whisky distillery so I have decided to write the history of Scotch whisky using this distillery as the main item. The Isle is situated about sixty miles north west of Glasgow on the west coast of Scotland.
There were a large number of [...]