The Royal Stuarts Quotes

“William Dunbar, the most accomplished virtuoso among Scottish poets, was employed as his court laureate, complaining, however, as writers will, that he was inadequately rewarded.”
― Allan Massie, The Royal Stuarts

“Macbeth was played before the first Stuart king of Great Britain and Ireland, James VI of Scots and I of England, and this scene served as a compliment to him.”
― Allan Massie, The Royal Stuarts

“The word ‘steward’ derives from the Anglo-Saxon ‘stig’, meaning a hall, and ‘weard’, which is ward, guardian or keeper.”
― Allan Massie, The Royal Stuarts