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Laird DeLacy

John Lacey-Smith is an artist, writer, and curator. ‎After retiring, he pursued studies in art, art history, ‎video editing, and photography, earning a BA (Hons) ‎in Fine Art from London Metropolitan University. His ‎passion for 19th-century history was inspired by his ‎grandmother, born in Glasgow in 1887, and her ‎husband, John Lacey, a WWI veteran of the Highland ‎Light Infantry.‎
Fascinated by the rapid evolution of humanity ‎from the Industrial Revolution to the space age Lacey-‎Smith believes history holds vital lessons for ‎understanding our identity. Lady Mary Stewart: ‎Scotland's Secret Princess is his debut novel, ‎reflecting on transformative historical eras such as the ‎English Civil War, the French Revolution, and the rise ‎of the American economy.‎
His lifelong interest in the Lacey family name, ‎derived from De Lacy, Lacy, and Lacey, and his ‎ancestral ties to landownership, inspired his pen ‎name: Laird DeLacy.‎

PUBLISHED WORK


  • Lady Mary: Scotland's Secret Princess

    £12.99

    Billy the corporal returns to Scotland after escaping a deadly encounter with the forces ‎of a rebel maharaja of India. His life, however, takes a sharp turn when he falls in love with Mary ‎the daughter of Sir Ian Banning the great businessman and land lord of Scotland.

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