But her efforts also result in her capture and detention in London. Flora's bravery and determination will see her immortalised in ballads and proclaimed a Scottish heroine. With Flora's assistance, the Stuart prince is disguised as an Irish maid and smuggled to the Isle of Skye, evading government troops. Bonnie Prince Charlie is outside, begging for her help. Far to the west, on an island in the Outer Hebrides, twenty-four-year-old Flora Macdonald is woken in the dead of night by a messenger with urgent intelligence. The Jacobite rebellion has failed catastrophically and Scotland is reeling in the devastating aftermath of the battle of Culloden. Full of unforgettable glimpses' The Times The year is 1746. wed by the swamps and creeks of North America. Throws us straight into the fresh air, heather, rain and midges of the Hebrides, follo. Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora Macdonald (Hardback)Ī SPECTATOR AND SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'So well researched, pacily written and sympathetic to the Auld Cause that it almost makes one a Jacobite' Andrew Roberts, Spectator 'Enthralling.
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