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Goodreads asked Angela MacRae Shanks:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Angela MacRae Shanks I have written non fiction in the past, magazine articles mostly, and once researched and wrote an article about the famous Glenlivet whisky. This started out as an illicit operation in the wilds of Glen Livet in the 18th century, a family bussiness, along with upward of 200 other illicit stills operating in the glen in the 18th century. The story behind one man's struggle to become legal spawned the basis of the book The Blood and the Barley.

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