Flemington - Couverture rigide

Jacob, Violet

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0948877235 ISBN 13 : 9780948877230

Editeur : Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 1998

Synopsis

'I think it the best Scots romance since "The Master of Ballantrae",' - said John Buchan, when he read the first edition of "Flemington" in 1911. Violet Jacob's fifth novel is a tragic drama of the period around and following the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, tightly written, poetic in its symbolic intensity, leavened by flashes of humour. "Flemington" is set in and around Montrose on the east coast of Scotland. Although she spent much of her life outside Scotland, Violet Jacob had family connections with the area, and especially with the House of Dun, which stands to the north of the Montrose Basin and figures, as the House of Balnillo, in key scenes of the novel. One of her ancestors, David Erskine, the thirteenth Laird of Dun, is the model for Lord Balnillo in the novel. This is not, however, a dry historical reconstruction but a story of action and intrigue, in which powerful characters are driven against each other by the political turmoil of their times.
Dr Carol Anderson of the Department of Scottish Literature of the University of Glasgow, an expert on Violet Jacob and other twentieth-century women writers, provides an introduction drawing attention to the literary qualities of the text and full explanatory notes for this new edition of a novel which has been too long out of print.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Presents a tragic drama of the period around and following the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. This work is set in and around Montrose on the east coast of Scotland. It is not, however, a dry historical reconstruction but a story of action and intrigue, in which powerful characters are driven against each other by the political turmoil of their times.

Biographie de l'auteur

Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer, now known especially for her historical novel Flemington and her poetry, mainly in Scots. (Wikipedia)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0948877235
• ISBN 13: 9780948877230
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Éditeur: Anderson Carol
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible