Past Events
Culloden
5.30pm, Sunday 17th September 2023In conversation with Flora Fraser as she discusses her biography of Flora Macdonald; exploring the myths and realities of the Jacobite Heroine.
Tickets available at EventBrite.
Location:
Culloden Battlefield
Culloden Moor
Inverness IV2 5EU
Inverness Museum
11am, Saturday 16th September 2023A tale of adventure and daring, wit and charm, struggle and survival, Flora Fraser is well versed in Jacobite history and will be giving an illustrated talk followed by a short Q&A session.
Tickets available.
Click here for Inverness Museum Facebook Event.
Location:
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery,
Castle Wynd,
Inverness,
Highland, IV2 3EB
St Duthac Book & Arts Festival
12 noon, Sunday 17th September 2023Flora will be appearing at midday at the St Duthac Book and Arts Festival.
Location:
Pop-Up Bookshop
The Clan Ross Room
Royal Hotel,
Tain, IV19 1AB
Beyond Borders
10.30am, 26th August 2023Flora will be appearing at Beyond Borders at 10.30am.
See Border Telegraph article here.
Location:
Traquair House
Innerleithen
Scottish Borders
Scotland
EH44 6PW
Portobello Bookshop
11am, 25th August 2023Flora will be at Portobello Books at 11am for a book signing.
Location:
The Portobello Bookshop
46 Portobello High Street,
Edinburgh, EH15 1DA
Aye Write – The Politics of Scottish Biography
7.45pm - 8.45pm - 25th May 2023James Jauncey and Flora Fraser – The Politics of Scottish Biography.
Two excellent examples of Scottish biography, focussing on very different subjects.
Location:
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3NY
Edinburgh Book Festival
1.30 - 2.30pm, 25th August 2023Join Fraser as she discusses her namesake in a story of adventure, courage, and survival with Jenny Brown.
Location:
Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court
121 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 4YN
Toppings Bookshop
Thursday 11th May 2023Flora will be speaking at Toppings Bookshop in Edinburgh and signing books.
Time to be confirmed.
Location:
2 Blenheim Pl, Edinburgh EH7 5JH
Boston Athenaeum, MA, USA
Friday 14th April 2023 - 12 noonFlora will be speaking at the Boston Athenaeum in MA, USA on 14th April.
Tickets available online.
Location:
BOSTON ATHENÆUM
10½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Buckingham Literary Festival
2 - 3pm, 17th June 2023Flora will be in conversation with historian Violet Moller and is, of course, the perfect person to write about Flora Macdonald.
Location:
University of Buckingham
Vinson Building
Hunter Street
Buckingham, MK18 1EG
Mount Vernon Author Lecture
7-8pm, Thursday 13th April 2023In this probing, evocative portrait of a tumultuous life, master historian Flora Fraser peels away the layers of misinformation, legend, and myth to reveal a fascinating picture of this headstrong and irrepressible woman named Flora Macdonald. This is the captivating biography of the remarkable young Scotswoman whose bold decision to help “Bonnie” Prince Charlie—the Stuart claimant to the British throne—evade capture and flee the country has become the stuff of legend.
A book signing and reception with complimentary beer, wine, and hors-d’oeuvres will take place after the lecture.
This event is part of the 2023 Michelle Smith Lecture Series. Tickets are available only as a three-lecture package.
Location:
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121
Flora Fraser in conversation with Ketan Sheth
3pm, Sunday 22nd January 2023Flora Fraser in conversation with Ketan Sheth.
Tickets available at EventBrite.
Location:
Kensal Rise Library
Bathurst Gardens
London
NW10 5JA
New-York Historical Society – For The Ages: A History Podcast
Friday 17th March 2023David Rubinstein will interview Flora in March for New-York Historical Society’s For The Ages: A History Podcast. Details to follow.
Ann Foster’s Vulgar Histories Podcast
2023Super Special: A Chat With Flora Fraser (author of Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora MacDonald)
Location:
Online Podcast.
Zoom interview with the Glencoe Folk Museum
7pm, Wednesday 7th June 2023Flora will be doing a Zoom interview with the Glencoe Folk Museum on 7th June at 7pm UK time.
Details to follow in the spring.
Location:
Glencoe Folk Museum
Main Street
Glencoe Village
Glencoe
PH49 4HS
Glencoe Folk Museum Talk
Saturday 27th May 2023Flora will be speaking at the Glencoe Folk Museum in the afternoon of 27 May. Time to follow.
Location:
Glencoe Folk Museum
Main Street
Glencoe Village
Glencoe
PH49 4HS
Boswell Book Festival
Saturday 13th May 2023Flora will be speaking during the Boswell Book Festival, 12 to 14 May. Details to follow.
Location:
Dumfries House
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 2NJ
Times Radio
9pm Friday 30th September 2022Interview with Michael Portillo on Times Radio
Save The Children
Tuesday 1st November 2022Award winning biographer, Flora Fraser, tells the remarkable story of Flora Macdonald, best known for helping Charles Stuart evade government troops after the battle of Culloden 1746.
Tickets £20
Canapés
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Talk: 7:30-8:30pm
Location:
St Columba's
Pont Street
London
SW1X 0BD
Book Signings
September 2022Flora Fraser will be appearing at Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh on September 13th, at other bookshops in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland throughout September, and at the Petra Palumbo flagship store on September 15th 2022.
Publication Day at Petra Palumbo
Thursday 15th September 2022Flora will be signing books at the flagship Petra Palumbo.
Location:
Petra Palumbo Flagship
High Street
Beauly
IV4 7BS
Golden Hare Books
Tuesday 13th September 2022 at 6.30pmFlora Fraser will be appearing at Golden Hare Books to discuss her new book, Pretty Young Rebel, with Alan Taylor.
Location:
Golden Hare Books
68 St Stephen Street
Edinburgh
EH3 5AQ
West Highland Museum’s Centenary Exhibition
Thursday 18th August - Saturday 29th October 2022This iconic exhibition will feature paintings never before displayed together in Scotland and some which have never before been exhibited. The recently rediscovered portrait of a 16-year-old Bonnie Prince Charlie, by renowned Venetian artist Rosalba Carriera, will be showcased at this event.
The exhibition will include paintings of four generations of the Royal House of Stuart, including James VIII (the Old Pretender) and his wife Princess Clementina Sobieska, through to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, (Bonnie Prince Charlie), and his daughter, Charlotte the Duchess of Albany. The series concludes with Charlotte’s daughter Princess Marie Victorie de Rohan. These paintings illustrate the deposed Royal Stuart dynasty, the family who inspired the Jacobite clans to risk so much in their attempts to restore them to the throne of Scotland during the Jacobite risings. This will be the last opportunity to see these paintings before most are moved to a new permanent home, the Museum of the Princes Lubomirski, in the Polish city of Wrocław.
Location:
West Highland Museum
Cameron Square
Fort William
Scotland
PH33 6AJ
West Highland Museum Talk
Friday 16th September 2022“Pretty Young Rebel” – A talk by Flora Fraser
Award-winning biographer, Flora Fraser, has been a professional writer and historical biographer since graduating Oxford University. She grew up between London and Beauly, Invernessshire, and was named after Flora Macdonald. She researched her new book, Pretty Young Rebel in the Macdonald of Sleat and other family papers, in the National Library of Scotland archives, in the Royal Archives, Windsor, and in a range of North American archives. Her previous book The Washingtons: George & Martha: ‘Join’d by Friendship, Crown’d by Love also won the 2016 George Washington Book Prize.
Here is a quick peek into her newest book ‘Pretty Young Rebel’, which will be for sale and signing on the night:
The year is 1746. The Jacobite rebellion has failed catastrophically and Scotland is reeling in the devastating aftermath of the battle of Culloden. Far to the west, on an island in the Outer Hebrides, 24-year-old Flora Macdonald is woken in the dead of night by a messenger with urgent intelligence.
Bonnie Prince Charlie is outside, begging for her help.
With Flora’s assistance, the Stuart prince is disguised as an Irish maid and smuggled to the Isle of Skye, evading government troops. Flora’s bravery and determination soon see her immortalised in ballads and proclaimed a Scottish heroine, but also result in her capture and detention in London. Released the following year and returning to Skye, Flora goes on to marry and emigrate to North Carolina, only then to be caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
Location:
West Highland Museum
Cameron Square
Fort William
Scotland
PH33 6AJ
Wigtown Book Festival
Sunday 2nd October 2022Acclaimed Biographer Flora Fraser tells the true story of the ultimate Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald, the 24-year-old who smuggled Bonnie Prince Charlies over the sea to Skye under the noses of government troops in 1746. But what happened to Flora in the years that followed? It is a tale that takes in marriage and emigration to America, where Flora finds herself caught up in the American Revolutionary War. A chance to discover a new side to a familiar historical figure.
Location:
Festival Marquee
Wigtown
Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UK
DG8 9HN