Knowing this Scottish historical novel by Margaret Skea had battled through the scrutiny of Authonomy authors and the Alan Titchmarsh People’s Novelist Competition, I was really keen to read it, but at first I was uncertain. The writing was polished and clearly backed up by detailed research but could I be gripped by this tale of warring 16th century lairds? More importantly (wine with supper not always conducive to concentration!) could I remember which side they were all on? The dialogue al...
Published on December 11, 2012 04:58