A collection of old fiction about the Jacobites, which may be of interest to fans of The Flight of the Heron and Kidnapped.
For the purposes of this collection ‘old’ means roughly pre-1960, with occasional exceptions for a very good later book; ‘fiction’ means it’s intended as a story rather than a factual account, and includes dramatised history as well as totally invented fiction; ‘Jacobites’ is defined broadly to cover the whole history of the Jacobite movement from 1688 to the later eighteenth century; and ‘about’ means that Jacobite characters and events are at least reasonably prominent, if not the main focus. This list is very much non-comprehensive; if you know of any other books that you think should be on it, let me know!
The list is arranged alphabetically by author’s surname, and books by the same author are listed in order of publication.
Since most of these books are old enough to be in the public domain, I’ve linked to free online copies where available—text ebooks if possible and PDFs otherwise, and audiobooks if there is one.
I’ve also included links to reviews written by me and Luzula over on Dreamwidth. Be advised that these reviews may contain spoilers.
Asterisks* indicate books which I especially enjoyed and would recommend.
Thistle Inn by Katharine Adams (1930).
*The Flight of the Heron by D. K. Broster (1925).
*The Gleam in the North by D. K. Broster (1927).
The Dark Mile by D. K. Broster (1929).
Almond, Wild Almond by D. K. Broster (1933).
A Lost Lady of Old Years by John Buchan (1899).
Midwinter by John Buchan (1923).
The Piper’s Boy by Harriette Campbell (1931).
Winter’s Grace by Ruby Ferguson (1948).
Dalgarney Goes North by John Fergusson (1938).
Lanterns over the Lune by Kathleen Fidler (1958).
The Hunted Head by Olivia Fitzroy (1956).
The White Cockade, or, Faith and Fortitude by James Grant (1868).
The Adventures of Rob Roy by James Grant (1873).
Meggy McIntosh by Janet Elizabeth Gray (1930).
Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by G. A. Henty (1887).
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer (1928).
For the White Rose by Katharine T. Hinkson (1905).
The Ghosts of Glencoe by Mollie Hunter (1966).
My Lady Clancarty by Mary Imlay Taylor (1905).
*Flemington by Violet Jacob (1911).
The Grey Pilot by Angus McVicar (1951).
*Clementina by A. E. W. Mason (1901).
*The Bull Calves by Naomi Mitchison (1947).
Doom Castle by Neil Munro (1901).
Children of Tempest by Neil Munro (1903).
The New Road by Neil Munro (1914).
Commander of the Mists by D. L. Murray (1938).
*White Cockades: An Incident of the “Forty-Five” by Edward Prime-Stevenson (1887).
The Pastor’s Fireside by Jane Porter (1817).
The Charlie Trees: A Jacobite Novel by Barbara Dew Roberts (1951).
A Daughter of Raasay: A Tale of the ’45 by William MacLeod Raine (1901).
*Waverley by Walter Scott (1814).
Rob Roy by Walter Scott (1817).
Redgauntlet by Walter Scott (1824).
*Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886).
The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson (1889).
*Bonnie Dundee by Rosemary Sutcliff (1983).
The Fiery Cross by Lady Kitty Vincent (1930).
Highland Rebel by Sally Watson (1957).