"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Flora Macdonald; Flora Fraser -- A fugitive prince : 1745-1746 -- Ill met by moonlight : June 1746 -- 'Great fears' : June 1746 -- 'A man in a woman's dress' : June 1746 -- 'Farewell to the lad' : July 1746 -- Prisoner on the furnace : July-August 1746 -- 'The famous Miss Flora Macdonald' : August-December 1746 -- High treason : January-July 1747 -- A Jacobite dowry : August 1747 -April 1751 -- Married life : April 1751- 1770 -- 'We have hardly what will pay our creditors' : 1771-1774 -- Cheek'sCreek, North Carolina : 1774-April 1775 -- 'King and country' : April-June 1775 -- 'All killed or taken' : July 1775 -February 1776 -- 'Almost starved with cold to death' : February 1776-December 1779 -- 'All possible speed to the Highlands' : 1780-1785-- Royal pensioner : 1785-March 1790 -- 'Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing' : the story.
Summary:
"A biography of Flora MacDonald, the woman who aided "Bonnie" Prince Charlie and inspired the "Skye Boat Song""-- Provided by publisher.
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