The Highlanders

The Highlanders
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 733
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4066338112460
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Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis The Highlanders by : James Grant

"The Highlanders" – Ronald Stuart is a young Scottish Highlander from Perthshire who joins the Gordon Highlanders as an ensign in 1811. He joins the regiment in Spain soon after and remains with them throughout the Napoleonic Wars. The story follows Stuart in the Peninsular War while he goes through many adventures between dangerous campaigns and battles, such as rescuing half of the noble ladies of Spain, dealing with troublesome prisoners-of-war, and trying to escape from his personal nemesis. "The Romance of War: The Highlanders in France and Belgium" is a sequel to the exploits of Ronald Stuart and the Gordon Highlanders as they move from Spain, through France and Belgium, inevitably ending up in the fields of Waterloo.

A History of the Scottish Highlands

A History of the Scottish Highlands
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Total Pages : 1196
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ISBN-10 : UCBK:C020996287
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Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Scottish Highlands by : Sir John Scott Keltie

Highlander's Castle

Highlander's Castle
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1502321416
ISBN-13 : 9781502321411
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Highlander's Castle by : Joanne Wadsworth

Traveling through time...for a Highlander.Anne MacLeod's identical ancestor has made a wish on the Fairy Flag at Dunvegan Castle, one which sees the two young women swapping places in time and leaving Anne set to handfast with the very man her ancestor wished to escape. Only Anne sees the possibilities, because now she could change the future and ensure her parents never perished in the inferno which took their lives.Highland warrior Alex MacDonald has made an agreement to handfast with Anne in order to bring a halt to the feud raging between their clans. The last thing he expects though is a woman claiming to come from the future, a woman who stirs him on a physical and emotional level to protect, and to even believe.When Anne finds herself in her MacLeod chief's presence, she chooses to go with him in order to leave a message for her parents. In full pursuit, Alex wages a battle of the heart, and of the very essence of time. Can he defy the odds as Anne is taken from him...to work his own magic and get her back?

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 9783368898458
ISBN-13 : 3368898450
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by : James Browne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Highlanders

Highlanders
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9781476693125
ISBN-13 : 1476693129
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Highlanders by : James MacKillop

Rebellion was recurrent in the Highlands because the Gaels (Scoti) were an often-oppressed indigenous minority in the nation, Scotland, to which they gave their name. They spoke a language, Gaelic, few outsiders would learn, and had their own family and social system, the clans. Warfare was bloody, culminating in the catastrophe of Culloden Moor during the doomed quest to restore the Stuart kingship to all of Britain. Economic hardship, including the near-genocidal Clearances, in which tenant farmers were replaced with sheep, drove the Gaels from the glens and islands, so that most today live in the diaspora, including millions in North America. Although the Gaels lack a single genetic identity, they clearly draw from distinct roots in the Irish, Norse and Picts. Despite their hardship, the Gaels are also presented in romantic portrayals by the artistic elite of other nations. This book offers ways in which the reader might find roots and ancestry in unfamiliar terrain. Chapters discuss the landscape and language of the Highlanders, the rise of clans, feuds and invasions, and eventual emigration.

The Building of Britain and the Empire

The Building of Britain and the Empire
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Total Pages : 560
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112097608308
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Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Building of Britain and the Empire by : Henry Duff Traill