A Short Abridgment of Britane's Distemper: From the Year of God 1639 to 1649 is a historical book written by Patrick Gordon and published in 1844. The book is a condensed version of Gordon's original work, which chronicled the tumultuous period in Scottish and English history known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The book provides a detailed account of the political, religious, and military events that occurred in Britain during the ten-year period...