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GLENSHEE:   The Glen of the Fairies

~Antony Mackenzie-Smith

with watercolours by Philip Snow

What is it that makes Glenshee so special? Not just its beauty - though that is undeiable. Nor just its people - though numbered among them are some of the most colourful characters of Scottish history and folklore. It is special because there is nowhere in the world quite like it. It is wild, romantic, unbelievably beautiful, and it is steeped in history and legend. It has always been known as Glenshee, or as it is in the Gaelic Gleann Shith, the Glen of the Fairies. It has never had any other name, and until the old tongue died out the inhabitants were known as Sithichean a' Ghinnshith or 'Elves of Glenshee'.

Antony Mackenzie Smith was born and brought up in Glenshee, where his branch of the Mackenzies have lived for five hundred years, and his love for it shines through. With a deft hand he draws the reader deep into the heart of this magical place, weaving history, legend and family anecdote into a rich tapestry, a haunting, at times hilarious tale, teeming with character and incident. It is easy to believe. once you have read this delightful book, that the fairies still take a keen interest in whatever goes on in Glenshee.

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