1790 2vol W Tytler An Inquiry Into The Evidence Against Mary Queen Of Scots

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� ! An Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into theEvidence against Mary Queen of Scots; and An Examination ofthe Histories of Dr Robertson and Mr. Hume, with respect to thatEvidence By William Tytler, Esq. 1790 - London - Printed for T. Cadell 9" by 5.5" , vii, 381; viii, 422pp � � � � � � � � � � � DETAILS An Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots; And An Examination of he Histories of Dr Robertson and Mr.� Hume, with respect to that Evidence by William Tytler. In two volumes complete. Fourth edition, containing several additional chapters, and an introduction. William Tytler (1711 - 1792), historical writer, was a lawyer in Edinburgh, and wrote An Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots , in which he combated the views of Robertson. He discovered the King's Quhair of James I., and published in 1783 The Poetical Remains of James I., King of Scotland, with a Life . 'His Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, first published in 1760, was well received by reviewers, including Samuel Johnson and Tobias Smollett, and was translated into French. It critically examines the evidence used and the conclusions reached in the earlier treatments of the subject by, among others, Pierre Bayle, William Robertson, and David Hume, as well as read more

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