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Carrie McClelland is working on a novel about the attempted return of James III to the English throne in 1708 but the book just isn't flowing. Then Carrie ends up traveling by Slains castle on the way to see her editor and decides to set her story there and make her ancestor Sophia Paterson the main character. Carrie starts writing scenes in the book that are later proved to have happened but that she had no knowledge of at the time. Carrie eventually decides that she's having genetic memories t
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Despite the fact it took me a long time to read and I don't much like books that jump from one time frame to another. I did like this book and the insights into the difficulties involved in writing historical fiction.
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I don't often read historical fiction, but I did enjoy this one. In fact, I find myself wanting to know more of the history of Scotland, and Nathaniel Hooke.
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Historical novel, alternating between past and present. Not a real page turner but the historical part was interesting, altho all in all, the book could have been better with about 100 pages cut....
A decent historical fiction read. I honestly much preferred the historical story to the boring modern characters. There was no reason to write the modern part and make the story completely unrealistic. I had not read a lot about this part of history (Jacobite), so I did enjoy it.
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