The Monarch of the Glen - Softcover

Compton, Mackenzie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140292985 ISBN 13: 9780140292985

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2000

Synopsis

The ancient clan spirit is not yet dead in the Scottish Highlands, with Donald MacDonald of Ben Nevis ruling the roost at wild, craggy Glenbogle castle. Woe betide those who trespass on this chieftain's kingdom...

About this title

About the Author:

Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool in 1883. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the First World War he became a Captain in the Royal Marines, becoming Director of the Aegean Intelligence Service. He wrote more than ninety books - novels, history and biography, essays and criticism, children's stories and verse, and was also an outstanding broadcaster. He founded and edited until 1961 the magazine the Gramophone, and was President of the Siamese Cat Club. He lived for many years on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, but later settled in Edinburgh. Compton Mackenzie died in 1972.

Review:

"Rollicking comedy" * Observer * "A riotous piece of virtuosity...divinely funny" -- Elizabeth Bowen * Tatler *

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140292985
• ISBN 13: 9780140292985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320