No Great Mischief

In 1779, driven from his home, Calum MacDonald sets sail from the Scottish Highlands with his large family. After a long, terrible journey he settles his family in 'the land of the trees' until they become a separate Nova Scotian clan: red-haired and black-eyed, with its own identity, its own history. In the 1980s, the narrator, Alexander MacDonald, tells the story of his family: a thrilling and passionate story that intersects with history; with Culloden, where the clans died, and with the 1759 battle at Quebec that was won when General Wolfe sent in the fierce Highlanders because it was 'no great mischief if they fall'. 'You will find scenes from this majestic novel burned into your mind forever.' - Alice Munro