Download or read book The Laird of Fort William written by Irene Ternier Gordon and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most powerful businessman in Canada in the early nineteenth century. William McGillivray emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to work for his uncle Simon McTavish when he was twenty years old and became head of the NWC in 1804 upon McTavish's death. The period from 1805 to 1814 was a time of quick expansion and great prosperity for the company; however, its decline was even more rapid. It could be argued that the NWC did not merge with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 but rather was swallowed up by it. By the time William died in 1825, the McGillivray family had been forced into bankruptcy. Set against the background of the history and legacy of the NWC, this engaging biography tells McGillivray's complete story, from his early years in Scotland, immigration to Canada, and fur-trading successes to his eventual downfall.
Download or read book The Laird of Fort William written by Irene Ternier Gordon and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most powerful businessman in Canada in the early nineteenth century. William McGillivray emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to work for his uncle Simon McTavish when he was twenty years old and became head of the NWC in 1804 upon McTavish’s death. The period from 1805 to 1814 was a time of quick expansion and great prosperity for the company; however, its decline was even more rapid. It could be argued that the NWC did not merge with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1821 but rather was swallowed up by it. By the time William died in 1825, the McGillivray family had been forced into bankruptcy. Set against the background of the history and legacy of the NWC, this engaging biography tells McGillivray’s complete story, from his early years in Scotland, immigration to Canada, and fur-trading successes to his eventual downfall.
Download or read book Report written by Großbritannien Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Laird s Secret written by Linda Tyler and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this heartfelt historical romance, an Englishwoman and a Scottish Laird seek healing from the scars of war and betrayal. London, 1953. Life is getting back to normal after the war and Christina Camble is one of those looking to the future. But her trust in men is destroyed when she discovers her fiancé has a wife and child. Giving up her job and flat, she flees London and moves to Scotland, where she hopes to get her life back on the right track. Christina’s peaceful life is interrupted when she meets handsome, reserved Alex MacDonald, the Laird of Craiglogie. Physically scarred and emotionally wrecked by his experiences in World War Two, Alex can’t help but be drawn to the sensitive and beautiful newcomer. But as Christina and Alex cautiously grow closer, a romantic rival does everything she can to drive a wedge between them. Can these two, who have lost so much, learn to love and trust again?
Download or read book The Highland Laird written by Amy Jarecki and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courageous Highlander falls for a strong-willed lass in this "wonderful crossover of Outlander and Pirates of the Caribbean" (Library Journal). Emma Grant has been sheltered and underestimated her entire life. Her blindness may set her apart, but she's just as fierce and loyal as any of her clansmen. So when she catches word that her brother's best friend is in jail, she doesn't hesitate to race to the brawny Highlander's rescue. Laird Ciar MacDougall is on a vital mission for Scotland when he witnesses a murder -- and then is blamed for the death and thrown into a Redcoat prison to rot. He never thought he'd be broken out by a slip of a lass and her faithful hound. But now they're outlaws on the run. And as their enemies circle ever closer, he will have to choose between saving his country or the woman who's captured his heart.
Download or read book Adoring Outlander written by Valerie Estelle Frankel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is behind Outlander fever--the hit television drama's popularity? Is it author Diana Gabaldon's teasing posts on social media? Is it the real history reimagined? The highly emotional melodrama? Or is it the take-charge heroine and the sweet hero in a kilt? One of the show's biggest draws is its multigenre appeal. Gabaldon--whose Outlander novels form the basis of the series--has called it science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical fiction and military fiction, depending on her audience. This collection of new essays explores the series as a romance, a ghost story, an epic journey, a cozy mystery, a comedy of manners, a gothic thriller and a feminist answer to Game of Thrones, and considers the source of its broad appeal.
Download or read book Calendar of State Papers written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series Anne 1702 1706 4 v written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Papers Illustrative of the Political Condition of the Highlands of Scotland from the Year M DC LXXXIX to M DC XCXI written by James M'Conechy and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flight of the Grey Goose written by Victor Canning and published by Prelude Books. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Smiler is still on the run. Smiler is aiming to evade the police until his father, a ship’s cook, comes home to clear him of a crime he hasn't committed. Hitching a train to Scotland, he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by ‘the Laird’, Sir Alec Elphinstone. When the Laird leaves on a trip to London, Smiler discovers that thieves are planning to invade his employer's castle. Dare he go to the police for help?
Download or read book The Fort in the Forest written by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland written by John Gorton and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publications written by Maitland club, Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Clan King and Covenant written by John L Roberts and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clan, King and Covenant explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century. The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in Scotland, but it was only when Alisdair MacDonald joined Montrose in raising the Royalist clans that the country erupted into civil war. Central to the conflict was the ancient enmity between the MacDonalds and the Campbells, Earls of Argyll, as clan Donald attempted to reclaim their ancestral lands in Argyll. There followed a whirlwind year of spectacular victories for Montrose in the name of the King as the Highland clans emerged upon the national stage, before his campaign subsided into eventual defeat. However it was only after the Restoration of Charles II that a bitter and protracted struggle broke out between Church and Crown, after Bishops were reappointed to the national Church. Political and religious tensions mounted with the acession of James VII of Scotland (James II of England) as a Catholic king ruling over a predominantly Presbyterian people. It reached a climax in the outbreak of the Highland War, when Viscount Dundee won a devastating victory at Killiecrankie on behalf of James VII over the Presbyterian forces of Lowland Scotland, but at the cost of his own life. Subsequently the Crown imposed an uneasy peace upon the Highlands, after the cold-blooded plotting of 'murder under trust' culminated in the Glencoe Massacre. Condoned by William of Orange, few events in the blood-stained history of the Highland clans have quite the dreadful resonance of this act, carried out cynically as a matter of public policy.Also available by the same author: Lost Kingdoms and Feuds, Forays and Rebellions (both Edinburgh University Press)
Download or read book Report of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada written by Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
