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The Highlander's Last Song

George MacDonald

Paperback | Pages: 271 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 653 Users | 45 Reviews

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Title	:	The Highlander's Last Song
Author	:	George MacDonald
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 271 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1986 by Bethany House Publishers (first published 1880)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Christian Fiction. Classics. Christian

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First published in 1886, this is a story of two brothers that love each other the way David and Jonathan did. It's a story of the vanishing of the highland clans' way of life as their land is bought out by "lowlanders" richer than they. And it's the story of the eldest of those brothers, Alister Macruadh, a young chief who loves his clan with the love of a father and wants above all else to keep his land and keep his people safely with him. But this is a George MacDonald novel, which means it's often less novel than sermon and/or love letter to the beauty of his dear Scotland. What's Mine's Mine is considered one of his "romances," but the love story of Alister and Mercy is less important to MacDonald than all the aforementioned elements. (Still, it is a lovely element.)

Trying to explain my recently cultivated love for this author is a difficult thing. No fiction author would today get away with all his "be more like Jesus and this is how you do it!" asides. He was certainly a preacher first and a novelist second; even his greatest fan C.S. Lewis admits this. What he does in these books shouldn't work, especially for a modern reader like myself. Yet the beautiful old language and the open heart of the author, loving his reader as well as his characters right there on the page, are irresistible to me. I understand at last Lewis's description that MacDonald "baptized his imagination," both in the literal sense of that word and the spiritual sense. Funny that this happened for him while reading one of MacDonald's fantasy works and for me while reading one of his romances (me who generally doesn't read them!). This book made me examine myself as a reflection of Christ and showed me ways in which old idolatries still hang on.

And I'm still thinking of Alister and Ian as old friends, missing them now their story is ended, wishing there were a sequel (something like Adventures of Clanruadh in Canada; if I discovered this book existed, I really might cry tears of happiness).

EDIT: Clarifying, since this review also shows up on the page for the Michael Philips abridgment (The Highlander's Last Song), that my review is of the unabridged work.

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Original Title:	What's Mine's Mine
ISBN:	0871236583 (ISBN13: 9780871236586)
Edition Language:	English

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I am reading a lot of McDonald these days...And so far I've loved every book!! They not only a good stories, but are jam-packed with amazing Truth and Life. The Lord is really using it to bring me closer to Him.

One of my new favorite MacDonalds! The tale of the last chieftain family in a region of Scotland and their encounter with new, worldly neighbors. Conflict inevitably ensues as old traditions and rights are violated--escalating when romantic interests develop between the families. Each family deals with the troubles in true firm of their character--one seeking life and restoration, one seeking rights. Clearly, the ideal setting to explore the idea of possession of anything and how this relates to

So many great quotes and such a high view of God. Great read.

Wow! It was one of those stories that touched me personally. Goodness and badness are strongly and wonderfully personified in a romance story that is more than just a romance; it is a story that illustrates the walk of faith and what it may cost at times to one's pride. Yet, even more than that, it made me want to be better, to think about why I do things, and to make me realize that there's a lot I still need to surrender to God in my life. It's old style of language was difficult, especially

Definitely one of my favourites! I love how he describes the young people's love of Gods Creation and just then how He entangles loving God into it all in a deeper way and of the love God can give to us when it seems least possible. I think I'm going to re-read this one again soon! So much to take in! Powerful words! I enjoyed it so much.:)

I read this book ages ago and am just thinking about it again for work purposes. It's a great story about the end of an era in Scotland--move from their traditional system of lairds and such to a more modern system. You watch as a good man and his family try to do what is right according to their spiritual and moral codes, and you see how that impacts the people around them. MacDonald manages to avoid a moralizing tone in the book, despite the fact that morality is a major theme in it. I really

My girlfriend sent me this book because she said it was one of her favorites. I found it a big depressing. It is a story written in the 1800's by George McDonald and has been republished for modern audiences. It is about a time in Scotland when wealthy English are buying up the land, bringing in new and foreign ideas, and Scotland is losing its old ways and traditions. Two daughters of one such Englishmen who is buying land are visiting the area, and they meet up with 2 brothers from the