Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel [Paperback]

Hugh Dougal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 2003

Flora MacDonald never sought the fame that her contemporaries and history bestowed on her. She seldom spoke of the journey over the sea to Skye with Bonnie Prince Charlie and rarely used her popularity to benefit herself during her hard life. Because of this reticence and the fact that she and her husband lost everything in North Carolina during the American War of Independence, it is difficult to write a conventional biography of her. Little was recorded of the appalling suffering of women and children during this bitter war and its aftermath, despite their hardships being much worse than that of the men who were directly involved in it. Flora endured as much as anyone, but she suffered it in silence. As a result her biographers have either ignored this period or glossed over it, but Hugh Douglas has carried out research in Scotland, North Carolina and Nova Scotia to build up a picture of these "lost years". Consequently, this book is at once a biography, a social history and a detective story which is a tribute to a clan and a remarkable family within that clan.

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About the Author

Hugh Douglas is the author of fourteen books, including biographies of Charles Edward Stuart, Robert Burns and Flora MacDonald.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: The History Press; Rep Sub edition (October 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750932066
• ISBN-13: 978-0750932066
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel, May 28, 2007

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Trevor R. Powell "Claymore" (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel (Paperback)

Hugh Douglas has produced a very well researched and lucidly written book on the famous highland heroine.
The sometimes complicated family and clan relationships are very well and easily explained in this volume.
This book debunks many of the myths and legends that have grown around this singularly impressive woman. She was most certainly legendary and deserving of the status which she attained, and it is refreshing to read the facts of her saga.
Hugh Douglas is to be congratulated for this highly commended work.