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"A Faerie's History of Caledonia"

I have always felt a strong connection to things Scottish. After my first trip to Scotland, I identified an especially emotional aspect to that connection. Upon further research, I realized that although there had been many books written about Scottish history in general and about the Clans, Stewardship, and the Jacobites in particular, none of the histories I had read put things together in a way that satisfied me and did justice to what I thought was a GREAT story. So I undertook the project myself, trying to make it concise and entertaining but relatively complete. Still more research led me to the conclusion that the connections in Scottish history required that the telling of my story go all the way back to the beginning. To further unify things and to allow for some "personal" commentary, I chose to tell the story through the eyes of someone who had seen it all: one of the Wee Folk.
I feel like I succeeded. "A Faerie's History of Caledonia" is a short, historically accurate telling of the courage, tragedy, honor, savagery, chivalry, and hope that is the story of Scottish history.
It is available as an e-book here:
Smashwords - A Faerie's History of Caledonia - A book by Jeff Maurer

You can see the first 30% of the book for free (but be aware that the historical aspects of the book increase as the book progresses).
Also, it is (or soon will be) available via the e-book formats of Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Amazon, Apple, and Diesel. The price is only 3 bucks, so I am not going to make significant money on it. I just want to tell this story. I hope you will consider reading at least some of it, and then letting me know what you think.

Yours Aye,
Jeff
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author of "A Faerie's History of Caledonia" (a short, readable history of Scotland - with a twist).
download (or see free sample) at:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34462
author page:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jeffmaurer
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