The last Campbell laird sold the estate of Skipness in 1843 to William Fraser, whose son in turn sold it in 1866 to the Grahams, who had made their money in the grocery and wine trade in Glasgow. It remained in Graham hands until 1936. Angus Graham, born in Skipness in 1892, lived there as a boy and maintained a close connection with the place until 1922, when he went abroad. What follows is an affectionate account, based on personal experience and family anecdote, of a Highland estate from the Victorian period until well into the present century. The author takes in the archaeology and history of the area, the impact of new lairds on the local scene and its economy, as well as conjuring up a way of life, now gone, of a leisured class of yesteryear.