Download or read book Flora MacDonald of Benbecula written by Angus Macmillan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flora Macdonald Pretty Young Rebel written by Flora Fraser and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating biography of the remarkable young Scotswoman whose bold decision to help “Bonnie” Prince Charlie—the Stuart claimant to the British throne—evade capture and flee the country has become the stuff of legend. After his decisive defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Prince Charles Edward Stuart was a man on the run. Seeking refuge in the Outer Hebrides, hoping to escape to France, he found an unlikely ally in Flora MacDonald, a young woman in her early twenties, loyal to the Stuarts. Disguising the prince as an Irish maid, petticoats and all, Flora conveyed Charles by boat to Skye, where they lodged safely with her family, until the prince’s inexpert handling of feminine attire caused concern, and he was persuaded to forgo the ruse before fleeing the area undetected. Flora never saw him again. This famous incident led to Flora’s enduring appeal as a courageous Scottish heroine, inspiring and influencing countless novels, poems, and songs—most notably, the classic ballad “Skye Boat Song” adapted from a traditional tune in the late nineteenth century. But her remarkable life didn’t come to a close with her clandestine mission to Skye. Faced with a confession from one of the boatmen, Flora was arrested and taken to London on charges of treason, where under interrogation, she wittily deflected questions and staunchly defended her motives. She was eventually released under the 1747 Act of Indemnity, but disaster would befall her yet again: in 1774, Flora and her husband, Allan MacDonald, fled the impoverished highlands for a brighter future in Cross Creek, North Carolina—utterly unaware of the burgeoning revolution that would upend their lives there, with Allan imprisoned and Flora fleeing, penniless, back home to the Hebrides. In this probing, evocative portrait of a tumultuous life, master historian Flora Fraser peels away the layers of misinformation, legend, and myth to reveal Flora MacDonald in full. Fraser presents a fascinating picture of this headstrong and irrepressible woman. As Samuel Johnson declared upon visiting her in Scotland, her name was “a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor.”
Download or read book The Truth about Flora Macdonald written by Allan Reginald Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Speed Bonnie Boat written by and published by Kelpies. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sung throughout the world, the Skye Boat Song evocatively brings alive the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's famous journey from the Outer Hebrides to Skye, off Scotland's west coast, after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden.
Download or read book The Life of Flora Macdonald and Her Adventures with Prince Charles written by Alexander Macgregor and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Flora MacDonald written by Ruairidh H. MacLeod and published by Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her name is immortalised because of her part in the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', in 1746, but little is known about the rest of her life. Ruairidh H. MacLeod draws on original, unpublished material in Britain and North America to give a full account of one of the most romantic figures in Scottish history. She was no shy young girl, but a resolute woman of 24 who played a courageous part in rescuing the Prince from his enemies. When arrested, she did all she could to protect others who helped the Prince escape, and displayed a maturity that astonished her admirers and won her many friends.
Download or read book A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans written by James Browne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Lord George Murray James Drummond duke of Perth Flora Macdonald William Boyd earl of Kilmarnock Charles Radcliffe written by Byerley Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain written by Sir Bernard Burke and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 2114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
