The Monarch of the Glen
$31.03
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2009
Summary
Hikers battle it out with the Laird of Glenbogle Castle in this hilarious story of life in the Scottish Highlands.
Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie’s Scottish ancestry. Their new ‘relatives’ turn out to be a little more authentically Scottish than they bargained for. Ben Nevis, Laird of Glenbogle Castle, is fiercely protective of his lands and the Macdonald clan spirit, but being cash…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099529545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099529548 |
| Author: | Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2009 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Compton Mackenzie
Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool in 1883. He was educated at St Paul’s School and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the First World War he became a Captain in the Royal Marines, becoming Director of the Aegean Intelligence Service. He wrote more than ninety books - novels, history and biography, essays and criticism, children’s stories and verse, and was also an outstanding broadcaster. He founded and edited until 1961 the magazine the Gramophone, and was President of the Siamese Cat Club. He lived for many years on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, but later settled in Edinburgh. Compton Mackenzie died in 1972.
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