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Bright Flower Rebel tells the violent and captivating tale of the historic figure referred to as Colonel Anne--Scottish heroine and feminine "Braveheart"--who risked everything for the love of her country and its rightful master. Anne Farquharson, a tempestuous and independentminded child of Scotland, is happy once the Jacobites rebel in 1745, battling to restore the Stuart throne of Scotland for Bonnie Prince Charlie, and terrified when her spouse, Aeneas Macintosh, ties the British military. She increases his family and, with her past partner at her side, ties the rebellion to become its renowned Colonel Anne. Integrating intriguing historical detail concerning the role of Scottish girls throughout the eighteenth-century, Janet Paisley produces a marvelously enjoyable story of the remarkable young lady who employed her sex, center, intelligence, and blade to protect her people.