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The progenitors of the three related families of whom this history speaks are James Cathell of Maryland, born about 1700; James Rangeley of Yorkshire, England, who became a United States citizen in 1796 and emigrated permanently from Leeds in 1823; and Shadrack Turner, who emigrated from England between 1742-1744, settling in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Descendants of these three immigrants have spread throughout the United States.

Written by award-winning Scottish historian James Hunter, this groundbreaking and definitive account reveals how the Highlands and Islands of Scotland have evolved from a centre of European significance to a Scottish outpost. Never before has the history of the region been recounted so comprehensively and in so much fascinating, often moving, detail. But this book is not simply the story of humanity's millennia-long involvement with one of the world's most spectacular localities. It is also a major contribution to present-day debate about how Scotland, and Britain, should be organised.

A detailed history, first published in 1820 and arranged chronologically, of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars.