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The Haldanes of Gleneagles - A Scottish History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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The Haldanes of Gleneagles - A Scottish History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day (Hardcover)
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The Haldanes have been in Scotland for over 800 years, and their
story illustrates many of the defining themes of Scotland's
history. Haldanes played significant roles in the Bruce war of
independence, the political upheavals which accompanied the
establishment of the Stewart dynasty, the religious struggles of
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Darien Scheme and the
Act of Union, the Jacobite rebellions, the development of the East
India Company, and in the theological controversies of the
nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, Haldanes are still to
be found in the public eye with some influence on matters of
national significance. In this book, Neil Stacy follows the
fortunes of the family, highlighting the extraordinary contribution
they have made in so many areas as well as uncovering some of the
more colourful episodes in the family's history, such as
long-buried secrets of romance in the teeth of parental opposition,
a military career threatened by a youthful liaison with a
blackmailing barmaid, and an attempt to run a temperance hotel in
the western Highlands which ended in high farce.
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