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Historical person
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, was a Scottish nobleman and cousin of James VI and I. He enjoyed high royal favour, accompanied the king to England after the Union of the Crowns and held important court offices and estates.
His career illustrates how Scottish aristocrats adapted to a court now centred largely in London. Lennox remained a prominent patron and dynastic figure but died without a legitimate heir.
Series
The Master of Gray Trilogy follows Patrick Gray, one of the most gifted and dangerous political operators of the later sixteenth century, and the daughter who inherits both his intelligence and his capacity for intrigue. Moving between the courts of Scotland and England, Patrick becomes involved in schemes…
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