The Prisoner of St Kilda

The True Story of the Unfortunate Lady Grange

Margaret Macaulay author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Luath Press Ltd

Published:7th Jun '10

£8.99

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The Prisoner of St Kilda cover

In the 18th century shotgun weddings were not unusual, but in most cases it wasn't the bride that was holding the gun. So began the stormy marriage between Lord and Lady Grange, a marriage which was to end with Lady Grange's death on the Isle of Skye after 13 years in exile.

The daughter of a convicted murderer, Lady Grange's behaviour, such as her fondness for drink, was so outrageous that her sudden disappearance from public life was not considered surprising. But few knew the true story of her disappearance.

This book reveals, for the first time, how the unfortunate lady was violently kidnapped and transported to the remote islands off the west coast of Scotland, spending seven years on the island of St. Kilda's. Condemned to a very different lifestyle than she had enjoyed in Edinburgh, and baffled by the strange tongue of the Gaelic West, she still obstinately survived, finally dying in Skye in 1745.

... a tale of such scandal and drama that it reads almost like a work of fiction.- CATHERINE SALMOND, Edinburgh Evening News

... this fascinating account of one of the most beguiling characters in Scotland's history... Despite the unhappy ending, it's a stunning story and Margaret Macaulay has done it full justice.- TREVOR ROYLE, The Herald

Yet there's another story of human hardship in [St Kilda]'s history that's been much less analysed - not one of evacuation but of abduction. Not of escape, but of exile. A story of political intrigue, betrayal and personal tragedy.- SUNDAY POST


ISBN: 9781906817657

Dimensions: 206mm x 148mm x 14mm

Weight: 210g

192 pages

2nd New edition