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  • Pretty Young Rebel

  • The Life of Flora Macdonald
  • By: Flora Fraser
  • Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
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Bloomsbury presents Pretty Young Rebel by Flora Fraser, read by Cathleen McCarron.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Flora Fraser (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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Useful insight into Scottish history

I went to school in Scotland but was never taught even one hour of Scottish history or literature. This book goes some way to fill that chasm of knowledge.

It also highlights an interesting question of loyalty: the heroine was a protestant but she risked her life to save a Catholic pretender; this put her at odds with the British monarcy but when she emigrated to the American coloniies she remained loyal to the British king.

If you're a Scottish nationalist intellectural you would struggle to fit Flora MacDonald into any neat box, so you'd probably ignore her.

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