Flora McDonald Is No Longer Lost In History KL Huntley Gives Us Misneach Mish-Knock

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K.L. Huntley, whose career has stretched across from the music industry to prison employee and then to a rural K-12 teacher in Montana, has penned a unique novel about a fascinating historical figure that she came across while researching her Scottish genealogy.

Misneach, The Story of Flora MacDonald is a well-researched, fast-paced, and accurate work of historical fiction that highlights the amazing real-life story of an incredibly strong, literate, courageous, and resilient woman who played key roles in both the history of Scotland and the American Revolution.

The book details MacDonald’s risky actions three centuries ago to aid Prince John Edward Stuart. She became a hero for the Scottish people who believed that Stuart was the rightful heir to the throne. However, when news of her actions reached the British government, she was concerned that she would be arrested. The book also details her life after the incident. Eventually, she and her family moved to the American colonies. During this time, the Revolutionary War is just beginning. She faced extreme difficulties in a new country when her husband decided to enlist in the British Army.

All of the characters in this novel were actual people with the exception of one mixed-race woman, who was needed to tie events together. Misneach is the word for courage in Gaelic and certainly describes MacDonald, whose courage was called upon multiple times during her lifetime. She was a major player assisting in the escape of Prince Stuart after the Battle of Culloden and then, after immigrating to the colonies, became embroiled in the American Revolution.