GRACE O'MALLEY: Princess and Pirate

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary, Romance
Cover of the book GRACE O'MALLEY: Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray, T.M. Digital Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert Machray ISBN: 1230001008753
Publisher: T.M. Digital Publishing Publication: March 26, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert Machray
ISBN: 1230001008753
Publisher: T.M. Digital Publishing
Publication: March 26, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

And the story which I have to tell is the story of such an one.

It was my lot, for so had Destiny cast out from her urn the shell on which my name was marked, that I, Ruari Macdonald, of the Clandonald, of the family of the Lords of the Isles, both of the Outer and the Inner Seas, having been unnaturally deprived of my home and lands in Isla, should have been saved to become the servant of that extraordinary woman called, in the tongue of the English, Grace O’Malley.

It is also not unusual for her to be spoken of by them as the “Pirate Princess,” and the “Pirate Chieftainess of Galway,” and there have been some who have described her as a “notable traitress,” and a “nursing mother of rebels.” But to us Celts, and to me in particular, her name can never be uttered in our own liquid speech without something of the same feeling being stirred within us as when we listen to the sounds of soft music—so sweet and dear a name it is.

It is true, perhaps, that its sweetness has rather grown upon me with advancing years. Be sure, however, there was a time when her name uplifted my heart and made strong my arm more than the clamour of trumpets and all the mad delight of war. But it seems far off and long ago, a thing of shadows and not more real than they. And yet I have only to sit still, and close my eyes for a space, and, lo, the door of the past swings open, and I stand once more in the Hall of Memories Unforgotten.

Now that the fingers of time fasten themselves upon me so that I shake them off but with fainting and difficulty, and then only to find them presently the more firmly fixed, I think it well before my days are done to set forth in such manner as I can what I know of this great woman.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

And the story which I have to tell is the story of such an one.

It was my lot, for so had Destiny cast out from her urn the shell on which my name was marked, that I, Ruari Macdonald, of the Clandonald, of the family of the Lords of the Isles, both of the Outer and the Inner Seas, having been unnaturally deprived of my home and lands in Isla, should have been saved to become the servant of that extraordinary woman called, in the tongue of the English, Grace O’Malley.

It is also not unusual for her to be spoken of by them as the “Pirate Princess,” and the “Pirate Chieftainess of Galway,” and there have been some who have described her as a “notable traitress,” and a “nursing mother of rebels.” But to us Celts, and to me in particular, her name can never be uttered in our own liquid speech without something of the same feeling being stirred within us as when we listen to the sounds of soft music—so sweet and dear a name it is.

It is true, perhaps, that its sweetness has rather grown upon me with advancing years. Be sure, however, there was a time when her name uplifted my heart and made strong my arm more than the clamour of trumpets and all the mad delight of war. But it seems far off and long ago, a thing of shadows and not more real than they. And yet I have only to sit still, and close my eyes for a space, and, lo, the door of the past swings open, and I stand once more in the Hall of Memories Unforgotten.

Now that the fingers of time fasten themselves upon me so that I shake them off but with fainting and difficulty, and then only to find them presently the more firmly fixed, I think it well before my days are done to set forth in such manner as I can what I know of this great woman.

More books from T.M. Digital Publishing

Cover of the book The Wilderness Castaways: Illustrated by Robert Machray
Cover of the book TRIF and TRIXY by Robert Machray
Cover of the book THE WYNDHAM GIRLS by Robert Machray
Cover of the book A Gamble with Life by Robert Machray
Cover of the book Lucinda by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Border Boys with the Texas Rangers by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Island of Enchantment by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Rock of The Lion by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier (Illustrated) by Robert Machray
Cover of the book True Ghost Stories: How Well You Know About Ghost? by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Doctor, His Wife and The Clock by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Riddle of the Night by Robert Machray
Cover of the book The Spell of the Rockies by Robert Machray
Cover of the book Tom Slade On the River by Robert Machray
Cover of the book BERNARD TREVES'S BOOTS: A Novel of the Secret Service by Robert Machray
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy