Pamela's wonderful week of brotherhood quotes has made me think about a book I read years ago that I thought many of you might enjoy. I started re-reading it this week and loved it even more than I did the first time through. I hope it OK to talk about it here. It is called The Jacobite Trilogy, and it is ALL about brotherhood, honor among soldiers, and gentlemen. It is all about Ewen Cameron, a VERY Jamie like character you will LOVE! It was written in the 20s by a woman, D.K. Broster who graduated from a ladies' College then went on to "read history" at Oxford. No sex, the loves, children, and wives are minor characters but it is an amazing story none the less. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 07:18:52 10/20/07 Sat
Author: Jane
Subject: Pamela's wonderful week of brotherhood quotes has made me think about a book I read years ago that I thought many of you might enjoy. I started re-reading it this week and loved it even more than I did the first time through. I hope it OK to talk about it here. It is called The Jacobite Trilogy, and it is ALL about brotherhood, honor among soldiers, and gentlemen. It is all about Ewen Cameron, a VERY Jamie like character you will LOVE! It was written in the 20s by a woman, D.K. Broster who graduated from a ladies' College then went on to "read history" at Oxford. No sex, the loves, children, and wives are minor characters but it is an amazing story none the less.

It begins the day that the Prince arrives in Scotland. Ewen who'd been orphaned by the "little Jacobite rising in 1719" joins his cousin Lochiel in the very first battle (High Bridge) of the 45. Ewen takes an Englishman prisoner after that battle and they begin a sort of strange friendship (a little like Jamie's and John's though neither of them are gay). Ewen saves Keith a couple of times and Keith saves Ewen from being shot after Culloden and risks his career by refusing to testify against him. In the end of the first part one of Ewen's men kills Keith while he is making his escape to join his wife in France.
Part 2 finds Ewen back on his estate in Scotland 7 years later with his wife and his two children (Donald, named for Lochiel and Keith, named for his friend). He's tried to stay away from the Jacobites but he finds his Jacobite brother in law Hector Grant (who is also an officer in the Army in France) injured while he himself is out trying to get a doctor for his sick son. His brother in law has been hurt while being robbed of a letter that would disclose the whereabouts of his other cousin Archie Cameron, who is wanted by the English. Ewen leaves brother in law in a farm and tells the farmer to find the doctor he was looking for, for him while he pushes on to locate his cousin and brings him home. Archie (you'll remember he was a doctor too) cures Ewen's son, but his brother in law sends the other Doctor who cared for him back to take care of Ewen's son. That Doctor reports Archie's being there to the English. Ewen manages to confuse the soldiers long enough when they come to arrest him to allow Archie to get away but he is then arrested and though he escapes finds himself once again on the English radar. Lots of adventures in Northern Scotland follow and in the end Ewen is nearly killed trying to protect Archie who is taken by the English (because of his size the English just leave him to die in the woods). Ewen of course doesn't die but goes to London and does all he can to get Archie's sentence (hanging, drawing and quartering) commuted, befriending Keith's brother and step father in the process. We all know that he isn't successful, the the story is beautiful. In the end you will love Ewen and Archie almost as much as you love Jamie.
Part 3 is after the execution. You wish that Ewen would just stay home and raise his family (a new daughter is born soon after they return home) but NO. Archie had convinced Ewen to have the grace to forgive the fellow scot who had turned him over the the English. Ewen didn't kill him but he didn't completely forgive him either. Actually he was a scum and I couldn't forgive him either but I haven't finished that part of my re-read and don't want to tell you all the end anyhow. Enough to say it is very exciting reading and you will LOVE the noble men in this book. I've often wondered if herself had read it. Though she had Ewen die just after Culloden with Jamie's kiss his last human touch, so perhaps she didn't.

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Wow, Jane! What an impressive summary, and thank you for steering me to what sounds like a wonderful tale, with more powerful and charming Jacobite heroes to get to know. I guess we are all somewhat partial to Jacobites, but we do make allowances for Lord John... *g* (NT) -- pamelalass, 12:24:42 10/20/07 Sat
- I didn't mean to hog up so much space on the board. The bigger chunk was supposed to go inside. I finished the book today, enjoyed every word, a little more romance in the end...pretty darn chaste though. (NT) -- Jane, 16:12:40 10/20/07 Sat
  - Jane, don't apologize! Thanks for bringing this to our attention! I WANT this! (NT) -- CatherineM., 07:59:59 10/21/07 Sun
    - There is a much more literate summary of the books to be found in a paper written by an old Hoser named Belinda. I pasted a quote from the paper concerning how D.K. Broster's novels may have influenced Diana inside. It mentions Lord John and Jamie, so I thought it might be OK to bring it up here. For the whole article check out http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/broster.html -- Jane, 18:32:57 10/22/07 Mon
- I need to quit working so I can read all the good stuff that's out there. It's just not fair! (NT) -- kgp, 05:37:45 10/21/07 Sun
  - Hee hee Karen, I must be crazy, working, going to school four nights a week, and totally sunk into a complicated nearly 1000 page book, while the laundry doesn't get done, the house doesn't get cleaned, and we eat out every night (which we honestly can't afford to do). Thank goodness I am done...but I have to say it was worth it to fall in love with Ewen again! P.S. I actually cooked last night and did the laundry, though the house is still trashed. The kids are 13, 19, and 21, so they don't suffer much anymore when I am deep in the "gotta read a book mode". ;-) (NT) -- Jane, 07:51:10 10/21/07 Sun

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