This is the story of the dreams and fears that shaped the lives of the Scots in the Cape Fear Valley. It centers around the life of Flora McDonald, friend and protector of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who came here in 1774 with her family to seek a peace she had never known in Scotland.

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