The Reluctant Rebel: A Jacobite Novel

After witnessing the defeat of the Jacobite Cause at the Battle of Culloden, 13-year-old Archie MacDonald and his cousin Meg flee to Lochaber. When Prince Charles Edward Stuart seeks help from the people of Borrodale, Archie must decide whether to support the rebellion that has cost him so dearly.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 15 May 2022
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

The defeat and despair I can bear, but it is the hope that destroys me, as if the Cause were not lost, as if my father had not died in vain. As if any of us could possibly survive this ordeal alive...

Following the death of his father, 13-year-old Archie MacDonald has lost faith in the Jacobite Cause. Having witnessed their clan's terrible defeat at the Battle of Culloden, Archie and his feisty cousin Meg flee back to Lochaber to lie low. Or so they think. Until the fugitive Prince's life depends on them. When Prince Charles Edward Stuart looks to the people of Borrodale for help, will the young stable boy support the rebellion that has cost him so dearly? With enemies closing in, the Prince's fate now rests in the hands of a stable boy and a maid with a white cockade. Who will survive this deadly game of hide-and-seek?

ISBN-13: 9781804250082