{"product_id":"2940013208490","title":"A JACOBITE EXILE","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Preface.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  1: A Spy in the Household.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  2: Denounced.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  3: A Rescue.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  4: In Sweden.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  5: Narva.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  6: A Prisoner.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  7: Exchanged.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  8: The Passage of the Dwina.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter  9: In Warsaw.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 10: In Evil Plight.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 11: With Brigands.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 12: Treed By Wolves.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 13: A Rescued Party.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 14: The Battle Of Clissow.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 15: An Old Acquaintance.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 16: In England Again.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 17: The North Coach.\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter 18: A Confession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: A Spy in the Household.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the borders of Lancashire and Westmoreland, two centuries since,\u003cbr\u003estood Lynnwood, a picturesque mansion, still retaining something of\u003cbr\u003ethe character of a fortified house. It was ever a matter of regret\u003cbr\u003eto its owner, Sir Marmaduke Carstairs, that his grandfather had so\u003cbr\u003emodified its construction, by levelling one side of the quadrangle,\u003cbr\u003eand inserting large mullion windows in that portion inhabited by\u003cbr\u003ethe family, that it was in no condition to stand a siege, in the\u003cbr\u003etime of the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Marmaduke was, at that time, only a child, but he still\u003cbr\u003eremembered how the Roundhead soldiers had lorded it there, when his\u003cbr\u003efather was away fighting with the army of the king; how they had\u003cbr\u003eseated themselves at the board, and had ordered his mother about as\u003cbr\u003eif she had been a scullion, jeering her with cruel words as to what\u003cbr\u003ewould have been the fate of her husband, if they had caught him\u003cbr\u003ethere, until, though but eight years old, he had smitten one of the\u003cbr\u003etroopers, as he sat, with all his force. What had happened after\u003cbr\u003ethat, he did not recollect, for it was not until a week after the\u003cbr\u003eRoundheads had ridden away that he found himself in his bed, with\u003cbr\u003ehis mother sitting beside him, and his head bandaged with cloths\u003cbr\u003edipped in water. He always maintained that, had the house been\u003cbr\u003efortified, it could have held out until help arrived, although, in\u003cbr\u003elater years, his father assured him that it was well it was not in\u003cbr\u003ea position to offer a defence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We were away down south, Marmaduke, and the Roundheads were\u003cbr\u003emasters of this district, at the time. They would have battered the\u003cbr\u003eplace around your mother's ears, and, likely as not, have burnt it\u003cbr\u003eto the ground. As it was, I came back here to find it whole and\u003cbr\u003esafe, except that the crop-eared scoundrels had, from pure\u003cbr\u003ewantonness, destroyed the pictures and hacked most of the furniture\u003cbr\u003eto pieces. I took no part in the later risings, seeing that they\u003cbr\u003ewere hopeless, and therefore preserved my property, when many\u003cbr\u003eothers were ruined.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069840965872,"sku":"2940013208490","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013208490_p0.jpg?v=1763578259","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013208490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}