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Padre Mac

Foreword   The Rt Hon. Gordon Brown MP Introduction   Catherine MacDonald Tribute to Murdo Ewen MacDonald   Revd Roderick Mackinnon Preface   Lt Gen A. P. Clark, US Air Force (Ret.) Prologue   Iain Crichton Smith I Was Lucky An Oral Culture Anatomy of a Community Drudgery and Romance Alma Mater St Mary’s My First Parish The Army Behind …

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Edinburgh: The Golden Age

Introduction The New Town’s Inception, to 1802  A Daring Concept The Old Town and High Street Living The Fabric of Edinburgh Society The Church The Law The Schools Edinburgh Societies The University Medicine and Surgery Tories and Revolutionaries Theatrical Progress Building a New Town The French Exiles Interregnum 1802-1815 The Young Whigs and The Edinburgh …

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‘Dearest Brother’

Turning Back the Clock, 1660-1662 The Triumvirate Forged, 1663 Balance of Power, 1663-1666 Lauderdale Triumphant, 1666-1667 The New Brooms, 1667-1668 Tweeddale and Work, 1668-1669 Supremacy and Union, 1669-1670 The Triumvirate Comes Apart, 1670-1671 Family Feud, 1672-1673 Dearest Brothers No More, 1673-1674

Bannockburn

The Night Before the Morning The Muster The Tor Wood The March Against Time Bloody Sunday Black Monday A Kingdom Won A Battle Lost Appendices Maps Dramatis Personae The Sources The Chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346 The Scalachronica: The Reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III as Recorded by Sir Thomas Grey The Bruce: …

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