Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The War Diary of a London Scot: Alderman G. M. Macaulay; 1796-7; With a Review of the Year
The author of this diary, George Mackenzie macaulay, was a native of the parish of Uig in the island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, where he was born in the year 1750. He was a cousin of Lord macaulay, whose ancestors, the macaulays of Uig, can be traced back to the sixteenth century as the dominating (and turbulent) clan of that district. The name of the Rev. Aulay macaulay, Vicar of' Rothley, Leicestershire, and uncle of Lord macaulay, appears in the diary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
