The Ghosts of Glencoe (Kelpie)

By Mollie Hunter

Book Overview

"You are ordered to fall upon the rebels and put all to the sword... Amidst the thick snows of February, under the shadow of the mountains of Glencoe, the red-coated soldiers came in the dead of night with the sword, musket and bayonet. They had their orders. They were to turn on the homes of the MacDonalds and slaughter every man, woman and child -- leaving only the aged to weep for the dead. Young officer Robert Stewart faces a fearsome choice. Carry out his treacherous orders, or abandon his soldier's ambition in a desperate attempt to save the doomed clansmen ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862414679
• ISBN13: 9780862414672
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Amazingly Well Written

This book had alot of suspense, though I thought it was sort of boring at the start, it picked up and in the end I really liked it! It had a very good plot, and I loved the book.