THE remarkable story of how Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape over the sea to Skye has captured the imagination of people all over…
THE remarkable story of how Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape over the sea to Skye has captured the imagination of people all over the world.
“I have written about 18th-century women but I did not consider ever writing about Flora even though I was named after her,” Fraser told the Sunday National. “Then when I was looking for illustrations for my biography of George and Martha Washington, I came across the engraving and wondered what this famous Jacobite was doing 30 years later across the Atlantic.”
Initially imprisoned, Flora was later released and became a society heroine after the news spread of the daring escape. In 1774, along with other Scots, the family headed off to North Carolina and joined the Scottish settlement at what is now Fayetteville, but were not long there before the war broke out.
After a hard winter there, she followed her daughter and son-in-law back to Skye where Allan finally returned a few years later.By this time, both he and Flora were in their mid-60s, in poor health and financially out of pocket.
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