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In my last blog I covered the early days of the clan, and the reasons why they became legally landless, in that they had no lands granted to them by […]

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After writing about the MacGregors for several years, I’ve finally decided to do a series of blogs about the history of this fascinating clan. The earliest years of many of […]

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Although many of the characters in the Jacobite Chronicles are MacGregors, I’ve resisted including one of the most famous members of the clan in my books. He is, however, mentioned […]

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Although I’ve written about the Garrison of Inversnaid, both in Pursuit of Princes and Tides of Fortune, I had never actually been there, getting all my information from my book and internet research. Last […]

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As I stated in the previous blog, the hospital opened its doors in 1741, and mainly took in children less than a year old, the only exception being orphans of […]

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I haven’t mentioned this institution in my books, mainly because it was built a little too late to be included in Sarah’s story, and I never shoehorn events into my […]

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Last month I wrote about education for boys. Girls, however, had a very different experience in this matter. In 1693 John Locke in his Some Thoughts on Education stated that he believed […]

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Many fathers of boys in the eighteenth century considered it  vital to remove their sons from his mother’s exclusive influence at a relatively young age, as it was believed that otherwise […]

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In the 17th century, children were considered to lack self-discipline and self-control, and it was generally believed that they needed to be severely disciplined to drive the original sin out of […]

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In The Ladies’ Tale I mention this Act, with Edwin’s father setting him as a child to learn the crimes it covered. This was a formidable piece of homework, as the initial […]

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