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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Flora Macdonald
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(1722–90) Scottish heroine famous for her part in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward *Stuart) in 1746. She met him when he was in Benbecula, in the outer Hebrides, and she arranged for him to cross to greater safety in Skye as a member of her party; he was in female disguise and was described as Betty Burke, an Irish spinning maid. After the prince had slipped through the English net, suspicion fell on Flora; she was brought to London and was briefly imprisoned in the Tower. She emigrated to North Carolina in 1774, but returned to Scotland in 1779.
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