Spanish John / Being a Memoir, Now First Published in Complete Form, of the Early Life and Adventures of Colonel John McDonell, Known as "Spanish John," When a Lieutenant in the Company of St. James of the Regiment Irlandia, in the Service of the King of Spain Operating in Italy

A first-person memoir recounts a Highland-born man's shift from intended clerical study to military life in an Irish regiment serving Spain, his campaigns and life in Italy, and a secret mission to Scotland amid the Jacobite rising. It follows his encounters with comrades and enemies, battlefield experiences, and the hardships of exile, then describes emigration to North America, service in a Loyalist corps during later conflict, and final settlement in Canada. The narrative mixes recorded recollection with fictionalized episodes to examine loyalty, identity, and adaptation across war, displacement, and changing loyalties.