Kelly, Maureen, author

Braemar : Braemar Community Limited, 2023.

150 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm.

Partial contents: Acknowledgements - - Index - - Introduction - - Braemar Castle timeline - - Part one - early years: 1628-89 - - Hunting and building: 1628-1639 - - Braemar Castle in the mid-17th century: 1639-51 - - Fort Braemar I: 1652-c1660 - Roundhead garrison headquarters - - Braemar Castle: 1660-88 - Restoration years - - Part two - Jacobite years: 1689-1831 - - First Jacobite Rising and castle burning: 1689-90 - - Between the Risings: 1690-1714 - - Second Jacobite Rising: 1715 - - Years between the Second and Fourth Rising: 1716-44 - - Fourth Jacobite Rising and aftermath: 1745-47 - - Fort Braemar II: 1747-50 - Braemar Castle restoration and early garrisons - - Fort Braemar II: 1751-1826 - - Fort Braemar II: 1827-31 - reintroduction of the garrison - - Part three - Farquharson years - - Renovation, Braemar Gathering and royal connections: 1831-97 - - High society retreat: 1897-1952 - - Fashion, design and transformation: 1953-2023 - - Stuart and Hanoverian dynasties - - Farquharson dynasty - - Clan possessions in 1745 map.

The aim of this historical guide is to give a new and more comprehensive account of the events and people connected with Braemar Castle over the past six centuries and to mark the next phase of the castle's life from completion of the Raising the Standard project.

9781838219239 (pbk)

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728.81

English

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