James Brodie

Brodie Country James Brodie

Meet the family... The Brodies are one of the smallest, and undoubtedly the oldest, of all the Scottish Clans. They are a Clan in the oldest meaning of the word; more than four generations descended from a common ancestor. The present Chief of the Clan represents the 27th generation of Brodies of Brodie. This book tells the story of those generations of Lairds and Clansmen, and the tales of Brodie Castle, in the Laigh of Moray, but it is no 'dry as dust' history; it is a non-stop adventure story packed with action and romance. Is your name Brodie? Then here are the stories of your farthest ancestors; their loves and losses, feuds and battles, friends and deadly enemies. The book tells the Brodie legends in full: Brude, the warlord of the northern Picts. The ambush at Blar na Parc, the bloody rout of the Comyns, the clashes of Covenanters and Ironsides at Auldearn. It tells stories of outlawry and persecution, of witch trials and bloody battles, of success and loss through the centuries. It tells the stories of famous Brodie kinsmen; Deacon Brodie, the celebrated burglar, David Brodie, the scourge of the Spanish Main... and many, many more. It is about a people who inherit, with their name, a Clan, a tartan, and a certain kinship. A people in a landscape of unparalleled beauty and historical savagery in which only the hardiest survived. It is the definitive account of the shared heritage of the Brodie Clan.