A Christmas Keepsake
““James, listen to me! Stay out of this. Prinny may not be popular, but people love to grumble. They may complain a lot about him, but they won’t do anything. They don’t care enough. But you—your situation—would be different.”“Why?” James shot at her.“Because you’re a Stuart. I don’t know that much about English history, but the Stuarts caused a lot of suffering. They had the right to the throne, but not the support. Do you want to start it all over again? Lead an army against your countrymen an...d see your followers slaughtered on the fields? Or in the streets? Maybe that’s what your book referred to.”He shook his head. “I wouldn’t come to power by war, but by an act of Parliament.”“And what if you’re not accepted by the government? What , do you think would happen then? The fact a Stuart exists—and one who’s a supporter of the poor, at that—isn’t going to remain a secret for long. The common people will see you as a champion for their cause. What’s to stop them rising up in protest, demanding you be made regent?”He ran his hands through the thick auburn waves of his hair.MoreLess
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