The Memoirs And Secret Negotiations Of John Ker, Of Kerfland Efq (Part Ii)

Behind every public oath lies a private bargain. In The Memoirs And Secret Negotiations Of John Ker, Of Kerfland Efq (Part II), the closed world of early 1700s Scotland opens from the inside. History unfolded in guarded whispers. Continuing the controversial John Ker memoirs, this 18th century political memoir follows a man moving between factions, reporting on Jacobite era secret negotiations and the shifting loyalties that shaped British Jacobite political history. The result is a candid, often uneasy self-portrait of conscience, ambition and survival at the heart of crowns, parliaments and rival faiths.As a historical primary source text, this Volume 2 political memoirs instalment offers rare immediacy: names, intrigues and motives appear not as later historians reconstructed them, but as an insider claimed to have lived them. Within Scottish history memoirs and early modern British history, Ker stands at the crossroads of Church and State, London and Edinburgh, rebellion and government, making these pages essential for Scottish history students, for British history scholars and anyone drawn to Jacobite rebellion primary sources and the human drama behind high politics.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual readers of vivid intrigue and students tracing the fault-lines of power, The Memoirs And Secret Negotiations Of John Ker, Of Kerfland Efq (Part II) remains a gripping testament to early 18th-century Britain.