Leven and Melville Papers: Letters and State Papers Chiefly Addressed to George Earl of Melville Secretary of State for Scotland 1689-1691 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Leven and Melville Papers: Letters and State Papers Chiefly Addressed to George Earl of Melville Secretary of State for Scotland 1689-1691<br><br>In consequence however of this absence of compromise and the more equal division of strength in the nation the settlement of the Revolution Government was more difficult in Scotland than it was in England. There was also a distant monarch ignorant of persons feelings and circumstances and overloaded with the management of the alliance against France and with the complicated affairs of England and Ireland to preside over and direct the course of the Government while the ablest and most experienced ministers having been employed during the late misrule were unpopular and not to be trusted.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.