Written by W.C. Mackenzie, and originally published 1919, this work is now
available again for all to benefit from the history it records.
This largest of the Hebridean islands saw Norsemen, conflict between MacLeods
and MacDonalds, the Fife expedition, Cromwellian conquest, and Jacobite
activity. All are here examined, plus much on the Lewis Brochs, the Callernish
Stones, and the Isle of Pygmies.
Among the families discussed are MacDonald, MacLeod, Macaulay, Mackenzie,
Matheson, Morrison, and Nicholson.
Chapters include: The Norsemen in Lewis, The Old Castle of Stornoway, The
MacLeods of Lewis and the Lords of the Isles, The Fife Adventurers, Oliver
Cromwell and Lewis, Lewis and the Jacobites, The Callernish Stones and Their
Meaning, The Lewis Brochs and Their Builders, and more.
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