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23 de mai. de 2024 · Flora MacDonald lived from 1722 to 5 March 1790. She is chiefly remembered as a heroine of the Jacobite cause for her part in helping Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - "over the sea to Skye" from Benbecula in the Western Isles during his flight in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden.
14 de dez. de 2016 · En juin 1746, à l’âge de 24 ans, Flora MacDonald vit sur l’île de Benbecula, dans les Hébrides intérieures, lorsque le prince Charles Édouard Stuart vient y chercher refuge après la bataille de Culloden. Le compagnon du prince, le capitaine O’Neill, demande son assistance pour permettre au prince d’échapper à une capture.
7 de out. de 2019 · Flora MacDonald è considerata l’eroina delle Highlands scozzesi per eccellenza. Dopo Mary Stuart, regina di Scozia, è il personaggio femminile più amato e popolare della storia scozzese. Non è certo un caso sia la protagonista di molte canzoni popolari, che diverse associazioni portino il suo nome e venga immortalata in diverse statue.
Flora MacDonald and Bonnie Prince Charlie. After the defeat of his army at Culloden on 16 April 1746, Prince Charles Edward had been led to safety by a Jacobite general. But, as a wanted man with a price on his head, escaping Scotland would not be easy. By late April he and four companions had made their way through a storm to Benbecula.
Flora MacDonald’s statement on the escape of Charles Edward Stuart from South Uist (Outer Hebrides) to Skye, 12 July 1746. She gives details on how his escape was managed, his disguise and where he stayed. (SP 54/32 f.49E). Transcript. Copy of the Declaration of Miss MacDonald, Apple Cross Bay, July 12th 1746. Miss Mc. Donald, Daughter in Law ...
10 de jan. de 2023 · Since her daring mission in 1746, Flora Macdonald has lived on in myth. A new biography by Flora Fraser attempts to sort fact from fiction.
25 de jan. de 2023 · Revisiting Flora MacDonald’s fame with new research on her family history, memory in popular culture, shifting social status, and Presbyterian values, author Flora Fraser’s new biography, Flora Macdonald: “Pretty Young Rebel”: Her Life and Story, presents what was legendary — and revolutionary — about MacDonald’s everyday life on both sides of the Atlantic.
