Orkney Feuds and the '45

The book examines the conflicts of the thirty-some Orkney lairds (lords) who ruled over the Orkney Islands in behalf (and sometimes contrary to the will) of the Earls of Morton. This was a time of strong Jacobite sentiment which culminated in the last Orkney Jacobite uprising of 1745. The uprising was, in part, due to the great discontent with the Earls of Morton which was felt by the lairds and Orcadians. Most prominent among the lairds were the Moodies and the Steuarts of Burray.