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The letters provide an authentic record of the concerns and vicissitudes of the family and of the impact of local, national and international events upon it. Written in the intimacy of the family circle, they give an insight into the attitudes and beliefs prevailing at the time. The story tells of the Jacobite Iain Ciar, 22nd Chief of the MacDougalls (who was exiled for his part in the 1715 rising) and his successors, Alexander, Patrick and John. Some of the tantalizing gaps in the narratives have been filled in by stories passed down generation by generation in the family; others from folklore as Iain Ciar is still a legendary figure in the district. He and his great-grandson John carried on the warlike tradition of their forebears, leading adventurous lives and travelling far from their native land, though for very different reasons. The ancestral lands having just been restored to him, Alexander stayed at home during the 1745 rising, though his brother was out with Prince Charles Edward - the letters reveal the delicacy of the situation. He was the last chief to live in Dunollie Castle, the ancestral home of the MacDougalls until they built the house below. Patrick spent much of his life in Edinburgh as a lawyer before returning to succeed his father. John served in the navy and became an Admiral. 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On the basis of generalizations from detailed research, this book proposes a framework of periods to make sense of the sequence of events, the pattern of developments and social conditions, and the not inconsiderable achievements of art, craft and literature.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53340357853457,"sku":"GOR005059316","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53503547638033,"sku":"GOR008185665","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780856830570.jpg?v=1774444468"},{"product_id":"tartan-book-james-d-scarlett-9780856831201","title":"Tartan","description":"'Something of a doubtful mist still hangs over these Highland traditions, nor can it be entirely dispelled by the most ingenious researches of modern criticism...'  So wrote D.C.Stewart in the Preface to the first edition of The Setts of the Scottish Tartans published in 1950. His definitive work did much to remedy the situation, but subsequent further research made the need for a new book apparent. The author combines practical experience with a grasp of Highland social history in this book, which although aimed specifically at the amateur tartan-weaver, contains much of which will be of interest to students of either subject. The weaver is provided with precise hints on the special requirements of weaving tartan including threadcounts, accompanied by historical notes for 228 tartans, 142 of them illustrated in glowing colours which seem to reflect the lakes, sky, hills and valleys of Scotland. There are concise and informative articles on tartan pattern, colour, yarn, thread counts, yarn thicknesses and the actual weaving of the cloth. The basis of any tartan, as the author points out, is a simple two-colour check which may be varied by the addition of over-checks, bands and stripes in contrasting colours so arranged as to give a balanced and harmonious pattern. The author's interest in tartan brought him early into contact with the Scottish Tartans Society and with the late Donald C. Stewart with whom he collaborated over several years in a serious study of the subject, collaboration which resulted in the publication of a number of books, most recently his definitive work Tartan: The Highland Textile. His advice has been sought on the design of new tartans, notably the American Bicentennial, but his main interest is in the old ones. As one of the few specialist handweavers of tartan, he concentrated on making facsimiles and wove a reproduction of a pre-1745 plaid for the National Trust for Scotland's Centre at Culloden. 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