title: Old Skye Tales:  Traditions, Reflections and Memories
author:  William Mackenzie 
description: William Mackenzie Was Born In 1851 In Melness, Sutherland Though Moved To Skye At An Early Age. He Began Teaching In Uig And In 1879 Was Appointed Headmaster Of Valtos In Staffin. He Became Active In The Crofter Agitation Of The 1880s And Was One Of The Crofters' Representatives At The Napier Commission Of 1884. He Retired In 1915 And Began To Write His Reminiscences, Which Were Published In Two Books In 1930 And 1934. The Present Volume Is An Edited Compilation Of These Two Works.<br /><br />Alasdair Maclean Left School At Fourteen To Work In The Clydeside Shipyards. National Service In The Merchant Marine Followed And Then Service In The British And Indian Armies. He Returned To Scotland To Read English At Edinburgh University Before Returning Home To Sanna In Ardnamurchan. A Poet Of Some Repute, This Is His Only Book Of Non-Fiction.
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  Story Overview
  
  Haunted by childhood memories and the fact she is likely going mute, Erin
  embraces a quiet life in Vermont. A life away from all the mistakes she has
  made and the people she’s hurt. A peaceful existence with her horses. A cynic
  by nature, she doesn’t buy into what she soon learns. Apparently she’s part of
  an unending connection between twenty-first century Broun women and medieval
  MacLomain men. When a Claddagh ring crosses her path, she’s compelled to steal
  it. A bad move because the ring is meant to find true love. Something Erin
  feels she stopped deserving a long time ago.
  
  Of dragon blood, Chieftain Rònan MacLeod is by birth, half MacLomain. While
  raised to protect the future King of Scotland, he lives life with an open
  mind. The idea of a ring binding him to one lass seems far-fetched. However,
  when a woman named Jackie calls to him from the dark edges of the Celtic
  Otherworld, he swears an oath to save her. That means traveling to the future
  to p