Feuds of the Clans

This volume gives an account of the feuds of the Highlanders of Scotland. Whilemost feuds stem from trivial causes they have always been a source for highlitera... » 

This volume gives an account of the feuds of the Highlanders of Scotland. Whilemost feuds stem from trivial causes they have always been a source for highliterature from the Iliad to the Mahabharata. The Scottish feuds take on anepic quality of their own as they play out their grim logic of retribution.The first part of this book was written by Rev. Alexander MacGregor M.A. on21st October 1875 and delivered as a lecture to the Working Mens Club atInverness on 19th November 1875. The second part is from a manuscript writtenin the reign of King James VI. and first published in 1764. «