Pretty Young Rebel
The Life of Flora Macdonald
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 2022
320 pages
978-1-5266-5679-7 (ISBN)
Description
A 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 . . . Throws us straight into the fresh air, heather, rain and midges of the Hebrides, followed by the swamps and creeks of North America . . . Full of unforgettable glimpses' The Times
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, twenty-four-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 Pretty Young Rebel, award-winning biographer Flora Fraser tells the remarkable story of Flora Macdonald. It is a tale of adventure and daring, wit and charm, struggle and survival, and of a woman who showed extraordinary courage in the face of great danger.
'So well researched, pacily written and sympathetic to the Auld Cause that it almost makes one a Jacobite' Andrew Roberts, Spectator
'Enthralling . . . Throws us straight into the fresh air, heather, rain and midges of the Hebrides, followed by the swamps and creeks of North America . . . Full of unforgettable glimpses' The Times
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, twenty-four-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 Pretty Young Rebel, award-winning biographer Flora Fraser tells the remarkable story of Flora Macdonald. It is a tale of adventure and daring, wit and charm, struggle and survival, and of a woman who showed extraordinary courage in the face of great danger.
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Language
English
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London
United Kingdom
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978-1-5266-5679-7 (9781526656797)
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Flora Fraser is the author of Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma Hamilton, The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline, Princesses: The Daughters of George III, Venus of Empire: The Life of Pauline Bonaparte and George & Martha Washington: A Revolutionary Marriage, which won the 2016 George Washington Prize. Flora was named after the Scottish heroine Flora Macdonald, whose story she tells in Pretty Young Rebel. Flora Fraser lives in London.
Content
- Cover
- Author biography
- By the same author
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Maps
- Family Tree
- Glossary
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Part One: Rebel
- 1 A Fugitive Prince: 1745-1746
- 2 Ill Met by Moonlight: June 1746
- 3 'Great Fears': June 1746
- 4 'A Man in a Woman's Dress': June 1746
- 5 'Farewell to the Lad': July 1746
- 6 Prisoner on the Furnace: July-August 1746
- 7 'The Famous Miss Flora Macdonald': August-December 1746
- 8 High Treason: January-July 1747
- 9 A Jacobite Dowry: August 1747-April 1751
- Part Two: Loyalist
- 10 Married Life: April 1751-1770
- 11 'We Have Hardly What Will Pay our Creditors': 1771-1774
- 12 Cheek's Creek, North Carolina: 1774-April 1775
- 13 'King and Country': April-June 1775
- 14 'All Killed or Taken': July 1775-February 1776
- 15 'Almost Starved with Cold to Death': February 1776-December 1779
- 16 'All Possible Speed to the Highlands': 1780-1785
- 17 Royal Pensioner: 1785-March 1790
- 18 'Speed, Bonnie Boat, Like a Bird on the Wing': The Story
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
