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published the last of her novels, Over the Water, which fictionalises the escape of the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie
, through the help of Flora Macdonald
, after the second Jacobite Rebellion.
“Obituary: Miss Carola Oman”. Times, 12 June 1978, p. 16.
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16 April 1746: The (mostly Highland) forces of Charles Edward...
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16 April 1746
The (mostly Highland) forces of Charles Edward Stuart
, and with them the Jacobite cause, were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland by forces (mostly English) loyal to George II
, led by...
27-28 June 1746: Flora Macdonald, in her early twenties, sailed...
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27-28 June 1746
Flora Macdonald
, in her early twenties, sailed from the island of Benbecula to Skye with Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart
) disguised as her maid.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
