Publisher's Synopsis
This historic narrative, written by cousins who are descendants of the Low and Stiles families, spans two centuries of the intertwined families of the House of Low and the extended families of the Clays, Stiles, and Mackays. Commencing with the Jacobite rebellions for the throne of feudal Scotland, coinciding with the settling of Colonial Georgia in the 1700's, it takes the reader on a fascinating voyage through ancestral connections to America's War of Independence and to Edwardian England. The story begins with the migration of Andrew Low, Sr, to Savannah, Georgia, where he becomes a cotton broker in 1800 and ultimately Savannah's wealthiest merchant. Later, as the Low family's business expands overseas, the Lows become involved in international affairs, including murder and mayhem in the burning of French privateers during the War of 1812, the investment in the SS Savannah, and, under heir-apparent Andrew Low, Jr, the rise in prominence of the family's antebellum cotton factorage business in Liverpool. Andrew made sure that his children socialized with British royalty, but it was his son Willie who married Savannah-born Juliette Gordon, founder of the the Girl Scouts of America in 1912. Renown for their splendid entertainment, the Lows's guests included General Robert E Lee and William Makepeace Thackeray.
