John Splendid

John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn is a historical fiction set in Britain written by Neil Munro, a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. 

Excerpts:

Many a time, in college or in camp, I had planned the style of my home-coming. Master Webster, in the Humanities, droning away like a Boreraig bagpipe, would be sending my mind back to Shira Glen, its braes and corries and singing waters, and Ben Bhuidhe over all, and with my chin on a hand I would ponder on how I should go home again when this weary scholarship was over.