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An appealing tale of the return to his roots of a Scottish Clan Chief. Hugh MacAimish, on inheriting the chieftainship of the Clan Seumas, and gaining the right to wear Eagle's Feathers in his cap, bought the ancestral land of the clan in Western Highlands of Scotland. He was filled with enthusiasm to revive the clan spirit and to re-establish a community of the clan's people. He was the vice-president of the Atlantic State Railroad and, as well as the clan chief, was also the chief of the Clan Seumas Society of New York who thoroughly approved of his plans. He left New York and took up ...

The compelling story of Scotland's hero-king who, tutored and encouraged by the great William Wallace, united his despairing people in a deadly fight for the throne and national survival. In the first of this best selling trilogy, Nigel Tranter charts these turbulent years, revealing the flowering of Bruce's character, sustained by a passionate love, not only of his land and people, but....

William Wallace is accepted as an even greater hero than King Robert the Bruce; he is Scotland's most honoured son, a patriot unrivalled. Bruce fought for a throne; Wallace fought for the nation's freedom with nothing wanted for himself. Terribly, Wallace paid the price, as this story relates.

The compelling story of Scotland's hero-king who, tutored and encouraged by the great William Wallace, united his despairing people in a deadly fight for the throne and national survival. In the second of this best selling trilogy, Nigel Tranter charts these turbulent years, revealing the flowering of Bruce's character, sustained by a passionate love, not only of his land and people, but.

This captivating story is a pleasure to read. After the strange events of the introductory chapters, starting with a death during the Clearances of 1817, which give an understanding of the background, the tale unravels with an unsophisticated but finely described momentum. The reader is caught up in the events which unfurl and lead on to the satisfying culmination.

Nigel Tranter introduces his tremendous novel of the true Macbeth and his struggle to make and save a united Scotland, of his devotion to the greatly-wronged young woman, Gruoch, of the humane laws they sought to establish, the battle he was forced to fight against Malcolm Canmore, the ancient Celtic Church he supported against the threat of Rome, and the price he paid.

Nigel Tranter introduces his tremendous novel of the true Macbeth and his struggle to make and save a united Scotland, of his devotion to the greatly-wronged young woman, Gruoch, of the humane laws they sought to establish, the battle he was forced to fight against Malcolm Canmore, the ancient Celtic Church he supported against the threat of Rome, and the price he paid.

Nigel Tranter introduces his tremendous novel of the true Macbeth and his struggle to make and save a united Scotland, of his devotion to the greatly-wronged young woman, Gruoch, of the humane laws they sought to establish, the battle he was forced to fight against Malcolm Canmore, the ancient Celtic Church he supported against the threat of Rome, and the price he paid.

The compelling story of Scotland's hero-king who, tutored and encouraged by the great William Wallace, united his despairing people in a deadly fight for the throne and national survival. In the third of this best selling trilogy, Nigel Tranter charts these turbulent years, revealing the flowering of Bruce's character, sustained by a passionate love, not only of his land and people, but

Tinker's Pride is a story of the power of wealth and privilege, set against one man's pride in his native land. Told with an unrivalled understanding of the Scottish Highlands and their people, Nigel Tranter's evocative tale of West Highland life before the Second World War is both compelling and deeply moving.

Alive with anecdote, this is a wonderful companion for anyone who enjoys Scotland's heritage and tales of its gaunt and shadowy ruins.

Alive with anecdote, this is a further wonderful companion for anyone who enjoys Scotland's heritage and tales of its gaunt and shadowy ruins.

This is a humorous tale of the successful efforts of a laird's daughter to promote to the world the small and remote island of Rum where she lives. It involves the entrapment of a young American film executive into the deception and relocation of a film company and finally, also of an American cruise liner, chartered by 400 Scotch-Americans, to her island. They became invaluable to the film company as extras for the unit's production on location before finally reverting to their intended destination.

Erismore was an isolated small island in the Inner Hebrides and Finlay MacBride had been the Church of Scotland minister – but before he followed so many of the island's men to the colours, he had been aware that not all was well on the island. Aeneas Graham, serving as a doctor in Wellington's army, had made friends with Finlay MacBride who was attached to Lord Dunalastair Highlanders in the army. Lord Dunalastair was killed at Quatre Bras. Just before the battle of Waterloo, during a retirement of the army, Finlay Macbride became fatally ill and before he died asked his friend to visit ...

The personal anecdotes and reminiscences of Nigel Tranter round the shores of Aberlady Bay, where he does his daily walking and writing. Chapters include: "Two Paths to Enchantment", "Flotsam and Jetsam", "Boundless Dune Counrty", "The Belligerent Swan", "Puzzles of the Tide's Edge", "A Canine Optimist", "In Search of Jovey Gray", "Flights of Freedom", and "Threats of Flooding".

Rob Roy MacGregor has become a legend of the Highlands of Scotland. At times he was a cattle thief, a cattle dealer and ran a protection racket that modern criminals would envy. He was also a Jacobite supporter and fought for them. He led the Macgregors into battle and was also accused of standing by when the Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought. He was a complex character and despite his history, he died in his bed. Nigel Tranter makes his story come to life and questions some of the legends in this book.

In 1704 Colin MacColl of Ardcoll, the eldest son and heir to An Colin Mor, Chief of Clan Colin, returned to his father's castle, the castle of Duncolin in West Ross, after an enforced absence of three years. He found his father a caricature of his former self, having suffered an injury to his head, and that his younger brother, Cormac, had usurped his position as heir. It had been reported that Colin was dead. Cormac had been handfasted with Marsala Macleod who had previously been betrothed to Colin. Colin set about recovering his inheritance and his betrothed using all his guile, influence...

Set in the 1930's, this is the tale of a modern Highland Clearance. Lord Holtby, a self-made Yorkshire woollen manufacturer and millionaire, bought a large West Highland estate from a descendant of the Stewarts of Monach. His first action was to replace the factor, Mark Stewart who was, in fact, a relaive of the previous owner. He owned Duich, which was originally a lesser part of the Monach Estate, and lived there. That was followed by replacement of several other long serving estate people by Holtby's southern preferences. Holtby wished to modernise his new estate by establishing a model ...

A gripping tale of two groups of tenants of adjoining Scottish Highland sporting estates in the 1930s who are in dispute over the boundaries and shooting rights of their respective grounds – it leads to deer poaching and perhaps girl poaching.