LAST HIGHLANDER (SIMON FRASER LORD LOVAT) (PB)

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, was the last of the great Scottish chiefs - and the last nobleman executed for treason. In life, his wit, ambition and dubious sense of morality kept him in the thick of political intrigue and with a taste for risk and determined to make his fortune, he made pacts with Catholics and Protestants, Scots and Englishmen. He found his famous end a turncoat and a martyr, throwing himself in with the '45 rebellion and fighting for Prince Charles against the crown. His execution in Tower Hill in 1747 at the age of 80, was the last of its kind. This is the swashbuckling account of his life, and a brilliant portrayal of nation in revolt.