Highland Legends

"Highland Legends" by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, is a gathering of historic stories and beliefs from Scotland's Highlands. It studies daring deeds, the natural world, and the region's old ways. One main person is Laird Macfarlane, whose story includes facing what will happen, love, and losing someone, while he deals with what he's done. The book starts by showing Scotland's wild lands, setting the stage for the tough lives of the people there. We meet Macfarlane as he thinks about the land's beauty and loneliness, but this peace is broken by a scary dream about his people. This dream shows trouble ahead, starting a series of happenings mixed with love, loss, and getting even, especially concerning the coming wedding of his foster brother Angus and his soon-to-be wife, Ellen, all set against a harsh and uncaring natural world. The beginning draws readers in with pretty words and a sense of coming disaster, giving a taste of the grand stories of Highland ways that will be told throughout the book.