Laird of Clanmere
Mitchell, Donald Victor2023
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This story opens in Dumfries in December of 1745, with the retreat of the Jacobite army. Jamie Maclaren and Fergus McLeod, two highland soldiers plan to meet up with a Jacobite sympathizer at Falkirk. Fergus meets and falls in love with his daughter, Fiona. The story then moves to Edinburgh where, General Hugh Cairns, Commander to the Third Army of King George' and his family reside. His daughter Kathy learns from her mother of a tragic event. Her brother Robbie is the child of her father's brother James who raped her mother. The King reveals to General Cairns that he will become the Earl of Lanark and that Clanmere House in the Clyde valley has been built for him and his family, along with the surrounding land. The purpose being that after the final victory over the Jacobite's, Sir Hugh will keep the peace and end the uprisings.
Main title:
Laird of Clanmere / Donald Victor Mitchell, Philip Mitchell ; illustrated by Helen Mitchell.
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Imprint:
Manchester : Amz Marketing Hub, 2023.
Collation:
244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Clanmere House ; 1.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781915942289 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PZ7.1.M5
Language:
English
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BRN:
4302276
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