The Monarch of the Glen (novel)

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The Monarch of the Glen
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First edition
Author Compton Mackenzie
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Comedy
Publisher Chatto & Windus [1]
Publication date
13 April 1941
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)

The Monarch of the Glen is a Scottish comic farce novel written by English-born Scottish author Compton Mackenzie and published in 1941. The first in Mackenzie's Highland Novels series, it depicts the life in the fictional Scottish castle of Glenbogle. The television programme Monarch of the Glen is very loosely based on the series.

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References

  1. "The Monarch of the Glen by Compton Mackenzie". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk.