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This book is a fascinating and, at times, extraordinary history of a remarkable part of Scotland, based on a collection of primary source documents and other records relating to Redcastle.  This book is a fascinating and, at times, extraordinary history of a remarkable part of Scotland, based on a collection of primary source documents and other records relating to Redcastle.  A place rich in history from the dangerously unpredictable Kenneth Mackenzie to the gentle reverends who tended the people who lived there.  Over two hundred years of Mackenzie history liberally endowed with murder, mayhem and debauchery.  In 1564 Redcastle was given by Mary, Queen of Scots, to her first husband and in its latter days had connections to the slave trade.  That is just a fraction of the history from motte to ruin that is contained in this book.