The Unreliable Death Of Lady Grange

Author : Lawrence Sue
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781915089786

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The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Lawrence Sue Pdf

A novel based on the shocking true eighteenth-century story of a Scottish noblewoman whose own husband faked her death and exiled her to a remote island, where she could never be found. Edinburgh, January 1732. It’s the funeral of Rachel, wife of high-ranking aristocrat Lord Grange, whose unexpected death has shocked the mourners. But Rachel is, in fact, very much alive. She has been brutally kidnapped and her death has been faked—by her own husband. Whether punishment for being “too feisty for a lady” and not submissive enough for a wife, or to cover up his treasonous Jacobite leanings, or simply to replace her with his long-time mistress, he has banished Rachel to a remote and barren island. There she will be subjected to a life of hardship and loneliness, unable to speak the islanders’ language, far from her beloved children and without hope of being found. Lady Grange has until now been remembered only by her husband’s unflattering account, but this novel reveals events from the perspective of the real Lady Grange. At last, centuries later, her story is reclaimed.

Author : Sue Lawrence
Publisher : Contraband
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1913393690

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The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Sue Lawrence Pdf

A novel based on the shocking true eighteenth-century story of a Scottish noblewoman whose own husband faked her death and exiled her to a remote island, where she could never be found. Edinburgh, January 1732. It's the funeral of Rachel, wife of high-ranking aristocrat Lord Grange, whose unexpected death has shocked the mourners. But Rachel is, in fact, very much alive. She has been brutally kidnapped and her death has been faked--by her own husband. Whether punishment for being "too feisty for a lady" and not submissive enough for a wife, or to cover up his treasonous Jacobite leanings, or simply to replace her with his long-time mistress, he has banished Rachel to a remote and barren island. There she will be subjected to a life of hardship and loneliness, unable to speak the islanders' language, far from her beloved children and without hope of being found. Lady Grange has until now been remembered only by her husband's unflattering account, but this novel reveals events from the perspective of the real Lady Grange. At last, centuries later, her story is reclaimed.

Author : Sue Lawrence
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916812055

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Lady's Rock by Sue Lawrence Pdf

A wronged woman’s voice is reclaimed in this gripping tale of revenge and romance—a medieval Gone Girl. Highland Scotland was no place for a woman in the early 1500s. Life was turbulent and short, battles were waged, and sisters and daughters were traded as pawns in marriage. Catherine Campbell was one such young bride, betrothed to Lachlan Maclean and sent from her fine home to join him on the Isle of Mull, to bear his sons and heirs. But Lachlan proved to be nothing like the man of Catherine’s dreams, and she was forced to resign herself to enduring life with him for the sake of duty. Until the day when he threatened to take away the one thing she couldn’t sacrifice: her daughter. Casting a fascinating light on the ruthless Highlands, this sweeping drama by one of Scotland's best-loved novelists explores love, ambition and betrayal and highlights the precarious position of 16th-century women

Author : Sue Lawrence
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781915089779

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The Green Lady by Sue Lawrence Pdf

From the leading lady of Scottish historical mysteries comes her US debut novel: a shocking tale of betrayal and murder in the court of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1567, Scotland: no place for a woman. Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate in favor of her infant son. She can rely only on the loyalty of her ladies-in-waiting, chiefly Marie Seton. Meanwhile the political turmoil in the country is mirrored behind the walls of beautiful Fyvie Castle. Lilias’s marriage to Marie’s nephew, the ruthlessly ambitious Alexander Seton, goes awry after the birth of yet another daughter. He blames her—and contemplates drastic action. To what lengths will a man go to secure a son and heir? The Green Lady is a shocking tale of intrigue, secrets, treachery, and murder, based on true events, but seen from a different perspective than is found in most history books. Casting a fascinating light on the ruthless nature of power, the story highlights the precarious position of sixteenth-century women, even those in the most privileged of circumstances.

Author : Sally Magnusson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473638976

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The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson Pdf

'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry | 'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' Guardian | 'EPIC' Zoe Ball Book Club | 'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club' | 'LYRICAL' Stylist | 'POETIC' Daily Mail 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children. In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, The Sealwoman's Gift speaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption. SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN | THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD | THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE | THE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE | THE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARD | A ZOE BALL ITV BOOK CLUB PICK 'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' Zoe Ball Book Club 'Richly imagined and energetically told' Sunday Times 'The best sort of historical novel' Scotsman 'Compelling ' Good Housekeeping 'An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of Why Did You Lie? 'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson

Author : Margaret Macaulay
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781910324110

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The Prisoner of St Kilda by Margaret Macaulay Pdf

In the 18th century shotgun weddings were not unusual, but in most cases it wasn't the bride that was holding the gun. So began the stormy marriage between Lord and Lady Grange, a marriage which was to end with Lady Grange's death on the Isle of Skye after 13 years in exile. The daughter of a convicted murderer, Lady Grange's behaviour, such as her fondness for drink, was so outrageous that her sudden disappearance from public life was not considered surprising. But few knew the true story of her disappearance. This book reveals, for the first time, how the unfortunate lady was violently kidnapped and transported to the remote islands off the west coast of Scotland, spending seven years on the island of St. Kilda. Condemned to a very different lifestyle than she had enjoyed in Edinburgh, and baffled by the strange tongue of the Gaelic West, she still obstinately survived, finally dying in Skye in 1745.

Author : James Robertson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241970546

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To Be Continued by James Robertson Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WODEHOUSE COMIC FICTION PRIZE 2017 An utterly mad, entirely heart-warming Highland adventure from the Man Booker-longlisted author of And the Land lay Still Douglas is fifty years old - he's just lost his job, been kicked out by his girlfriend and moved back into his dad's house. Just when things are starting to look hopeless, he makes a very unexpected new friend: a talking toad. Mungo is a wise-cracking, straight-talking, no-nonsense kind of toad - and he is determined to get Douglas's life back on track. Together, man and beast undertake a madcap quest to the distant Highlands, hot on the trail of a hundred-year-old granny, a beautiful Greek nymph, a split-personality alcoholic/teetotaller, a reluctant whisky-smuggler, and the elusive glimmer of redemption . . .

Author : Sue Lawrence
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1780276001

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A Taste of Scotland's Islands by Sue Lawrence Pdf

The Scottish islands are full of innovative cooks and restaurants and this book will introduce readers to an exciting and unfamiliar regional cuisine

Author : Sue Lawrence
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781913393335

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The Green Lady by Sue Lawrence Pdf

1567, Scotland: no place for a woman. Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate in favour of her infant son. She can rely only on the loyalty of her ladies-in-waiting, chiefly Marie Seton. Meanwhile the political turmoil in the country is mirrored behind the walls of beautiful Fyvie Castle. Lilias’s marriage to Marie’s nephew, the ruthlessly ambitious Alexander Seton, goes awry after the birth of yet another daughter. He blames her, and contemplates drastic action. To what lengths will a man go to secure a son and heir? The Green Lady is a shocking tale of intrigue, secrets, treachery and murder, based on true events, but seen from a different perspective than is found in most history books. Casting a fascinating light on the ruthless nature of power, the story highlights the precarious position of sixteenth-century women, even those in the most privileged of circumstances.

Author : Carter Dickson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:11712844

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She Died a Lady by Carter Dickson Pdf

Author : Viccy Coltman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108417686

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Art and Identity by Viccy Coltman Pdf

This lively and erudite cultural history examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.

Author : Gregory Maguire
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061792946

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Wicked by Gregory Maguire Pdf

The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.

Author : Dorothy Nevill
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368901837

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Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : William Cramond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Banff (Scotland)
ISBN : UOM:39015073338850

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The Annals of Banff by William Cramond Pdf

Author : Sofie Darling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1682918394

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Her Midnight Sin by Sofie Darling Pdf

Like a vengeful Norse God, Captain John Nylander has come from the sea to steal the only home that Callie has ever known. And that might not be all he's after. Can a Viking . . . Orphaned as a child, Nylander has never known a real home. Now he is ready to leave the dangers of his past behind and put down the roots he has always longed for. The only thing standing in his way is a lanky aristocratic lady who is more at home on the farm than in the ballroom. And she has secrets . . . And a Viscountess . . . Callie, the Dowager Viscountess St. Alban, has poured all her energy into making Wyldcombe Grange her home. Managing an estate is not what she dreamed of, but her late husband's rejection made it clear that love and a family would never be hers. Now she may lose even that to the sinfully handsome Captain. But Nylander is making her dream again . . . Turn passion into love? Nylander inspires a recklessness in Callie that she can't control. Soon she finds herself conspiring with pirates and contemplating midnight trysts with the very Viking who has turned her life upside down. For Nylander, being with Callie embodies everything he's always wanted--home. As midnight strikes, will all their secret, sinful dreams come true?