Pretty young rebel : the life of Flora Macdonald
Fraser, Flora2023
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The year is 1746. The Jacobite rebellion has failed catastrophically and Scotland is reeling in the devastating aftermath of the battle of Culloden. Far to the west, on an island in the Outer Hebrides, 24-year-old Flora Macdonald is woken in the dead of night by a messenger with urgent intelligence. Bonnie Prince Charlie is outside, begging for her help. With Flora's assistance, the Stuart prince is disguised as an Irish maid and smuggled to the Isle of Skye, evading government troops. Flora's bravery and determination will see her immortalised in ballads and proclaimed a Scottish heroine. But her efforts also result in her capture and detention in London. Released the following year and returning to Skye, Flora goes on to marry and emigrate to North Carolina, only then to be caught up in the American Revolutionary War. In this book, biographer Flora Fraser tells the remarkable story.
Main title:
Pretty young rebel : the life of Flora Macdonald / Flora Fraser.
Author:
Fraser, Flora, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781408879856 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.1072092920.MACD920 MACB/MACB - MAC
LC class:
DA814.M14
Local class:
B MACB/MAC920.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3486669
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