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| Genre/Form: | Fiction Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Toffey, John J., 1931- Woman nobly planned. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c1997 (OCoLC)605371217 |
| Named Person: | Flora MacDonald; Charles Edward, Prince grandson of James II King of England; Flora MacDonald |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John J Toffey |
| ISBN: | 0890899576 9780890899571 |
| OCLC Number: | 36663021 |
| Description: | x, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | John J. Toffey. |
Abstract:
Flora MacDonald is one of Scotland's leading ladies of legend. Her ten-day adventure with charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie in June 1746 and her consequent confinement at Leith and in London brought her instant and lasting fame. Fame did not bring fortune, however. At fifty-two, Flora, with her husband and some of her family, left Scotland for better times in North Carolina. Instead, she and her family were caught up on the losing side of the American Revolution and suffered separation and hardship.
In the two and a half centuries since her precipitating adventure, Flora has been mentioned in history and celebrated in legend. In the eighteenth century, Johnson praised her, London society flocked to her, and the principal portraitists of the day painted her. In the nineteenth century, Sir Walter Scott, King George IV, and Queen Victoria paid tributes to her, and her descendants built and dedicated memorials in her honor. In the twentieth century, Flora has continued to be celebrated in portrait, play, poem, song, and story; her name was given to a college, and her image has adorned marmalade jars and shortbread tins.
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