A Woman Nobly Planned Fact and Myth in the Legacy of Flora Macdonald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr
- Publish date: 05/01/1997
In 1774, Flora and some of her family emigrated to North Carolina just in time to be caught up on the losing side in the American Revolution. Remaining loyal to the crown, she and her husband suffered great hardships and long separation before they could return to their native land. As a result, Flora left a deep impression on North Carolina.
In the 19th century, Sir Walter Scott and others promoted Flora as the embodiment of romanticized Scottish Jacobitism to be incorporated into unified, enlightened Britain. At the end of the 19th century, within a decade or so of the centennial of her death, Flora's "canonization" was engineered by her descendants.
Today, she is celebrated in opera and ballad, and she is the principal character in at least three novels and appears in several others. She is the subject of plays and a movie. She has been likened to Pocahontas, Grace Darling, Lady Arabella, Queen Boadicea, and Joan of Arc. Toffey's book will fascinate anyone interested in Scottish heritage, historical heroines, legend,biography, or romance.
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