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Flora Macdonald : "pretty young rebel" : her life and story / Flora Fraser.
Van Pelt Library DA814.M14 F73 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fraser, Flora, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790.
- MacDonald, Flora.
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788--Friends and associates.
- Charles Edward.
- Jacobites--Biography.
- Jacobites.
- Women heroes--Scotland--Biography.
- Women heroes.
- Scots--North Carolina--Biography.
- Scots.
- Women American loyalists--North Carolina--Biography.
- Women American loyalists.
- Scotland--History--18th century.
- Scotland.
- North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- North Carolina.
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788.
- Friendship.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 264 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Pretty young rebel
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Summary:
- "A biography of Flora MacDonald, the woman who aided "Bonnie" Prince Charlie and inspired the "Skye Boat Song""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A Fugitive Prince
- 1745
- 1746
- 2. Ill Met by Moonlight
- June 1746
- 3. "Great Fears"
- 4. "A Man in a Woman's Dress"
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Fraser, Flora. Flora Macdonald.
- ISBN:
- 9780451494382
- 0451494385
- OCLC:
- 1334007336
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