| Description |
xviii, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-251) and index. |
| Contents |
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's Creek, 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. |
| Subject |
MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790.
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Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788 -- Friends and associates.
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Jacobites -- Biography.
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Women heroes -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Scots -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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Women American loyalists -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
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North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| ISBN |
9780451494382 (hardcover) |
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