John MacCormick was born on the Isle of Mull c. 1870. Through his life, he produced numerous short stories and some of the earliest known novels in Scottish Gaelic. The style of his writing has strong influences from the ceilidh house tradition, something that is also evident in this short novel.

Màiri and Iain Bàn are courting and very much in love when news breaks that Napoleon Bonaparte has returned from exile and men from all corners of Britain are called to service one again. "Iain will be on your pillow yet", is what a woman with the second sight tells Màiri but then a young woman shows up in the village, claiming to be Iain's wife...

This revised edition has been professionally edited and the Gaelic corrected in accordance with modem orthography.