John Rattray, here on #LeithLinks, helped draw up the first rules of #golf and was the winner of the first Open in 1744. Also a doctor and a #Jacobite, he very likely escaped execution after the #JacobiteRising of 1745-6 due to the intervention of his golfing buddy, Duncan Forbes of #Culloden.

Me on @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social a few years ago when I was speaking at the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social We were asked to dress up as one of our favourite characters from literature and had our photos taken by the brilliant Kim Ayres.
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My six family saga novels set in my hometown(s) of Glasgow & Clydebank in Scotland in the earlier decades of the 20th century. #booksky

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Edinburgh, Yuletide 1743, when the two very different worlds of jaded Redcoat Captain Robert Catto and surgeon-apothecary's daughter and dedicated Jacobite Christian Rankeillor collide.

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#otd in 1941, the Clydebank Blitz.

My clutch of Jacobite books, two non-fiction and now three novels. Read more about them on my website: www.maggiecraig.co.uk

Looking forward to publication of the third book in my Storm over Scotland series this coming Thursday 23rd November.
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Storm Tossed Moon (Storm Over Scotland Book 3) eBook : Craig, Maggie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store