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==Prose== Apart from her collections of poetry and short stories, Violet Jacob published an Erskine family history (''Lairds of Dun'', 1931) and five novels, the best known of which is the tragic ''Flemington'' (1911; reissued in 1994),<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Flemington; & Tales from Angus |last=Jacob, Violet, 1863β1946 |date=1998 |publisher=Canongate |others=Anderson, Carol, Jacob, Violet, 1863β1946 |isbn=0862417848 |location=Edinburgh |oclc=60650770}}</ref> set in the aftermath of the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]]. ''Flemington'' was described by [[John Buchan]] as "the best Scots romance since ''[[The Master of Ballantrae]]''<nowiki/>".<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/>
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