Pretty Young Rebel

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The year is 1746. The Jacobite rebellion has catastrophically failed and Scotland is reeling in the devastating aftermath of a pitched battle on Culloden Moor outside Inverness. 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 her for aid. With Flora's help, 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. Her efforts also result in her capture and detention in London, where aristocratic sympathisers provide financial aid. Released in 1747 and returning to Skye, Flora goes on to marry and emigrate to North Carolina, only to be caught up in the American War of Independence. In Pretty Young Rebel, award-winning biographer Flora Fraser tells the remarkable true story of Flora Macdonald. It is a story of adventure and daring, wit and charm, struggle and survival, and of a woman who showed extraordinary courage in the face of danger.