tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post8022268511097189679..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Martyr of the SolwayDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-60984483018937438222013-02-13T17:04:56.626-08:002013-02-13T17:04:56.626-08:00my forebears on my father's side were Convenan...my forebears on my father's side were Convenanters who sailed from Scotland to NZ long ago. These men and women continued in the faith and in finding reason to defend it, through the next generationsRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873255503305532134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-40160151963610447872012-12-10T06:50:29.194-08:002012-12-10T06:50:29.194-08:00A chilling tale--and a fascinating one.A chilling tale--and a fascinating one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536238135113852955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-76021940951724766022012-12-06T11:09:04.735-08:002012-12-06T11:09:04.735-08:00It is something to be so strongly convicted about ...It is something to be so strongly convicted about something that you're willing to die for it whether its religion or patriotism.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-34133929009228708962012-12-06T08:28:58.113-08:002012-12-06T08:28:58.113-08:00Very sad.Very sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-31191631575564730842012-12-06T07:52:04.571-08:002012-12-06T07:52:04.571-08:00Fascinating story!Fascinating story!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429730420678601455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-52269644637359852952012-12-06T01:14:43.952-08:002012-12-06T01:14:43.952-08:00PS Wigtown and Wigton are two different places - t...PS Wigtown and Wigton are two different places - the one you're writing about was WigtoWn in Scotland, to the north of the Solway. Wigton is in Cumbria, to the south.Sue Millardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022262338933600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-53605204728516576772012-12-06T00:23:53.590-08:002012-12-06T00:23:53.590-08:00Hoax warning / spoiler alert!
Josephine Tey ment...Hoax warning / spoiler alert! <br /><br />Josephine Tey mentioned this in "The Daughter of Time" and made the comment that the whole story is "very superior, first-growth, dyed-in-the-wool Tonypandy" - meaning it was propaganda and entirely untrue.<br /><br />"Scotland has large monuments to two women martyrs drowned for their faith, in spite of the fact that they weren't drowned at all and neither was a martyr anyway. They were convicted of treason - fifth column work for the projected invasion from Holland... a purely civil charge. They were reprieved on their own petition by the Privy Council, and the reprieve is on the Privy Council Register to this day..." She then quotes the gravestone inscription in full. "and tourists come and shake their heads over the monuments with their moving inscriptions, and a very profitable time is had by all."<br /><br />"All this in spite of the fact that the original collector of the material, canvassing the Wigtown district only forty years after the supposed martyrdom and at the height of the Presbyterian triumph, complains that 'many deny this happened'; and couldn't find any eyewitnesses at all."<br /><br />Millais just liked a good subject, whether real or apocryphal.Sue Millardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022262338933600748noreply@blogger.com