Claverhouse

by Gordon Daviot (Pseudonym), Elizabeth Mackintosh

Biography of John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, written by Elizabeth MacKintosh, a playwright (as Gordon Daviot) and mystery writer (as Josephine Tey).

398 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Gordon Daviot is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh, better known by the pseudonym Josephine Tey.

Works originally published under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot still use that name as primary work, even though republished as Josephine Tey or Elizabeth Mackintosh.

Reviews

[Sean Chick · Rating 5 out of 5]

For the Jacobite at heart, or at least those fascinated by the period, this is an enjoyable and lively read. It is mostly a vindication of Claverhouse, although it is also meant to take some of the "doomed Highland hero" sheen off, but not too much of it. Much as with The Daughter of Time, the issue is everyone around Claverhouse is lesser, save maybe William III. Claverhouse is portrayed as mostly serving idiots and scoundrels and fighting idiots and murderers. I do not wholly disagree. In an age noted for grand blunders and betrayal (I have concluded that the Glorious Revolution was little more than an aristocratic coup planned by religious bigots) Claverhouse stands out for his loyalty and skill. It does get to be much though, but the prose cuts and jolts, and I say if you must error, error on the side of a good jab.