James VI And The Gowrie Mystery

An old Scottish lady, many generations ago, used to say, ''It is a great comfort to think that, at the Day of Judgment, we shall know the whole truth about the Gowrie Conspiracy at last.'' Since the author, as a child, read ''The Tales of a Grandfather,'' and shared King Jamie''s disappointment when there was no pot of gold, but an armed man, in the turret, he had supposed that we do know all abou...