Texans have long vilified James Grant, a Scot with grandiose ambitions of forming the state of northern Mexico. He depleted weapons, munitions and volunteers from their own struggle to create an independent Texas. Reid, utilizing London sources to document the British role in the scenario, provides a new slant on the pros and cons of Grant’s actions. Mexico did not want to lose neither northern Mexico nor its province of Texas, and British interests in the area were keen on preventing the b


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