This was the novel Alice Walker wrote after The Colour Purple and there are a few connections between the two books. This was recommend to me by a friend. She loved the book and told me it was a 'classic' which I'd read again and again. But this epic story which spans several generation of an African American family was too much for me.

Registered to be released in honour of International Women's Day

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Will leave beside the statue of Flora MacDonald.

Flora MacDonald (1725-1790) - a brief history

Highland Heroine Flora MacDonald famously helped "Bonnie" Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) escape from the Isle of Uist to Skye. The prince had fled following defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

Charles had been on the run for two months before he met Flora. Both her fiance Allan MacDonald and her foster-father, Captain Hugh MacDonald of Sleat, were 'Red-Coats' (members of King George's forces) and apparently Flora was unwilling to help until she was told the escape plan had actually been made by her step father and agreed to help.

The Prince was disguised as Flora's 'Irish Maid' - 'Betty Burke' and they made the famous journey by rowing boat to Skye evading capture on the way and eventually landing between Uig and Mogstad in Kilmuir, at what is now called Rudha Phrionnsa (Prince's Point). Flora then aided the Prince in his escape to Portree where they parted company never to meet again. From here on Stuart was able to obtain passage to France and successfully escaped.

Flora was arrested for her part in the escape, and imprisoned at Dunstaffnage Castle, Oban and briefly in the tower of London, she was released in 1747.

In 1750 Flora and her fiance Allan MacDonald of Kingsburgh were married and lived in Flodigarry. Moving to Kingsburgh some time later after the death of her husbands father, the family then emigrated to North Carolina.

In 1774 Allan MacDonald and his sons fought for the British in the American war of Independence and he was captured. Flora was persuaded to return back to Scotland with her daughter, her husband followed her on his release in 1783 and they lived together on Uist and Skye.

Flora MacDonald died on 4th March 1790, her death was deeply mourned by the people of Skye and following a large funeral she was buried at Kilmuir in a sheet in which Bonnie Prince Charlie had slept as her shroud.


Released in recognition of International Women's Day

I'm italian, i was in Scotland to vist my friend that study in Edinburgh and i decided with my girlfriend to go to visit the north of the Scotland. Going around in Scotland we arrived in Inverness in the afternoon of 8/3/2005, we did not knew nothing about Inverness, and when we arrived we saw a nice, pink castle up on the central hill in the town. We decided to go in this place to have a good see on the city and on the river underside. Near the castle,beside a statue, i saw the book and when i understood that i could make travel the book around the world i was happy to have find it.
I had never read a book in english language, i don't know english language very well, as you can see, and i hope that read this book could improve my english. I will read this book an then i will release it in a place that will make travel it more far as possible.