Am Prionnsa

Shortlisted for the Best Unpublished Manuscript for Adults at the Gaelic Literature Awards 2024

This book will be available February 2025

About the Book: 

Anns an Ògmhios 1745, tha muinntir gleann sìtheil Thulach Neasail, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain, a’ cluinntinn na naidheachd gu bheil am Prionnsa Teàrlach Eideard Stiùbhart air tighinn gu tìr an Èirisgeigh. Feumaidh an t-uachdaran Teàrlach Gòrdanach agus am ministear Ualtar Syme, banntrach le triùir nighean, roghainn a dhèanamh. An toir iad an taic do na Seumasaich ann a bhith a’ glacadh Crùn Bhreatainn? 

Aig an aon àm air tìr-mòr na Roinn Eòrpa, tha Uilleam Augustus, Diùc Chumberland, a’ cumail sùil gheur air an ar-a-mach Sheumasach, mì-fhoighidneach gus am faigh e an sàs anns a’ chòmhraig. 

Chan fhada gus am bi saoghal nan Gòrdanach agus nan Symes air a thilgeadh bun os cionn.

In June 1745, the people of peaceful Tullynessle Glen, Aberdeenshire, hear the news that Prince Charles Edward Stuart has landed on Eriskay. The laird Charles Gordon and the minister Walter Syme, a widower with three daughters, must make a decision. Will they give their support to the Jacobites in seizing the British Crown?

At the same time on the European mainland, William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, is keeping a close eye on the Jacobite rising, impatient until he can be involved in the conflict.

It won’t be long until the world of the Gordons and the Symes is thrown upside down.

About the Author:

Rugadh agus thogadh Graham Cooper ann an ear-thuath na h-Alba. Cheumnaich e à Oilthigh Obar Dethain mar dhotair agus thàinig e gu bhith na dhotair lannsa. Ged a chaidh a’ mhòr chuid den obair aige a dhèanamh ann an Alba, chuir e seachad ùine ann an Èirinn a Tuath, Sasainn agus Nepal.

 An dèidh dha a dhreuchd a leigeil dheth, thòisich e Gàidhlig ionnsachadh. Rinn e clasaichean oidhche ann an Obar Dhethain agus e cùrsa no dhà aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. 

 Tha e an-diugh a’ fuireach ann an Siorrachd Obar Dhethain far a bheil e fhathast a’ gabhail pàirt ann an tachartasan Club Gàidhlig.

Graham was born and brought up in the North East of Scotland and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in medicine, embarking on a surgical career. Although most of his work was done in Scotland, he spent time in Northern Ireland, England and Nepal. 

After retiring, he began learning Gaelic at local night classes and consequently enrolled in some courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. He lives in rural Aberdeenshire now where he still participates in local Gaelic classes and events.