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Praise for Barbara Erskine
The Warrior’s Princess:
‘An engrossing race against time’ Woman and Home
‘This is one of the most gripping page-turners I’ve read’ Sun
Barbara’s many bestsellers:
‘A riveting timeslip novel’ Fanny Blake
‘Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson’ Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times
‘Stephen King meets Ruth Rendell’ Frank Delaney
‘Barbara Erskine’s storytelling talent is undeniable’ The Times
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Gorgeous repackage of Barbara Erskine’s first novel, blending history, family legacy and contemporary passion
In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful – but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify – but also powerfully compel – her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers.
In 1306, Scotland is at war. Isobel, Countess of Buchan, faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting surrounds her. But passionate and headstrong, her trials escalate when she is persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce, her lover.
Duncairn, Isobel's home and Clare's beloved heritage, becomes a battleground for passions that span the centuries. As husband Paul's recklessness threatens their security, Clare must fight to save Duncairn, and to save herself from the powers of Isobel…
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Those looking for historical detail will not be disappointed, Barbara really knows her subject, communicating what feels like a psychic connection with the people and places of her ancestral past to the reader. The two interwoven central characters speak to us of power lost and found, love, loyalty and the fulfillment of destiny. Drama, tragedy, suspense, perfect pace and not for the faint hearted, this is up there with Lady of Hay and Child of the Phoenix as Barbara's finest work.
Brilliant to see it back in print!
This book carries on the troubled histories of Scotland under the cruel reign of Edwards Longshanks and in parts is very gruesome and bloodthirsty indeed.
The story centres around Clare Royland who when her Aunt dies, inherits a hotel in Scotland and also the ruins of a castle. What she does not plan on inheriting though is a ghost that of Isobel, Lady Buchan the wife of the cruel and vindictive Earl of Buchan.
Clare's marriage is loveless so she escapes from reality back into Isobels time and watches her life story evolve but more and more she finds that Isobel is coming to her uninvited whereas before, she had to meditate first to go back in time.
Her husband is a cruel man motivated only by money and when he runs into huge financial difficulties he tries every trick in the book to get Clare to sell her inheritance. She stands firm and refuses to sell leading to a veritable nightmare of events, 2 shootings, an excorcism, kidnap............does she survive and what of Isobel?
Anyone trying to pick holes in the historical facts in the book will be sorely disappointed as Barbara Erskine researches her history thoroughly. She also paints such vivid pictures in words that you actually feel you are in whichever place you are reading about at the time.
This book kept me enthralled right to the very end and I will probably read it again in the future.
My one and only criticism is that in nearly every book the author uses the same two words many, many times 'window embrasure'. It's only a small thing and doesn't detract from the story but it slightly irked me. Sorry :-)
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