Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig
As recognized, book Gathering Storm, By Maggie Craig is popular as the home window to open up the globe, the life, and also new point. This is exactly what the people currently need a lot. Even there are many individuals that do not like reading; it can be a selection as reference. When you truly require the ways to produce the next inspirations, book Gathering Storm, By Maggie Craig will really lead you to the means. Additionally this Gathering Storm, By Maggie Craig, you will have no remorse to obtain it.
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig
Read and Download Ebook Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig
Edinburgh, Yuletide 1743. Seconded back from the wars in Europe to captain the city's town guard, Robert Catto fears his covert mission to assess the strength of the Jacobite threat will force him to confront the past he tries so hard to forget.
Christian Rankeillor, known as Kirsty; her surgeon-apothecary father; and his apprentice, Jamie, are committed supporters of the Stuart cause. Meeting as enemies, Robert and Kirsty are thrown together as allies by the mysterious death of a young prostitute and their desire to help fugitive brother and sister Geordie and Alice Smart.
Robert and Kirsty are increasingly drawn to each other. She knows their mutual attraction can go nowhere. He knows his duty demands that he must betray her.
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig- Amazon Sales Rank: #101332 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-06-01
- Released on: 2015-06-01
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 917 minutes
Where to Download Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good Historical Fiction.. By jaffareadstoo Edinburgh, 1743, is a scheming hotchpotch of political intrigue. The ever present threat of English interference doesn't sit comfortably with those Jacobites whose preference for the Scottish king `across the water' relies heavily of subterfuge and clandestine meetings. When Redcoat officer Robert Catto is enticed back to Scotland, from the wars in Europe, ostensibly to join the Edinburgh Town Guard, his real mission, to assess the strength of the Jacobite threat, will prove to be an enormous challenge.Christian Rankeillor is the daughter of the Edinburgh surgeon-apothecary, Patrick Rankeillor, a known Jacobite. She is feisty, determined and no shrinking violet when it comes to the seamier side of Edinburgh life, and together with her father, and his apprentice, James Buchan, she helps to hide a Jacobite agent with a price on his head.The gradual layering of the story as Robert Catto and Christian Rankeillor's world start to collide and coalesce takes place over the course of a very eventful week, when the Edinburgh Jacobites are at the heart of conspiracy, deception and despicable murder.Overall, Gathering Storm is a really enjoyable depiction of this troubled time in Scottish history. There is a real authenticity to the story as the author has with great skill used her considerable knowledge of the period to bring together a very credible story. Edinburgh comes alive; its cobbled streets and dark and damp alleyways form the backdrop to a story which abounds with intrigue, political mayhem and clandestine skulduggery.Well worth reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. a delightful find By Jody Allen Having read Ms Craig's nonfiction on the Jacobite period I was delighted to find that she also writes fiction. This book was a wonderful read in large part because clearly she knows the period. I look forward to others in this series because the two main protagonists are two that the reader will care about. Clearly this is a continuing story arc but she resolves the conflict in this first part of their story so as a stand alone this book will satisfy the most dedicated historical fiction reader.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful stuff Maggie Craig By Wendy Loveridge Wonderful stuff Maggie Craig, where do I start? I Loved this magnificent, fast paced, brilliantly researched novel of 18th century Edinburgh. Full of political intrigue, conspiracy, deception, murder and even secret dissections, darkly creepy and fascinating but with a touch of spine tingling romance. This is a story about people believing themselves to be in the right of it, the Jacobites determined to win independence for Scotland, no matter what the cost, committed supporters of the Stuart cause. And their opponents, the soldiers and politicians of the English crown, equally resolute and tenacious.Ms.Craig begins with a bang, I can hear the click of boots on the cobbled streets as the soldiers march through the echoey, empty, dank and dark roadway. "Robert Catto swept out through the Bristol Port and wheeled left. Adjusting his steadying grip on the hilt of his sword, he proceeded to cover the newly-cobbled causeway behind Edinburgh University at a fast and loping stride."...and..."Bringing his right hand up to the side of his head, he splayed his long fingers so everyone would be sure of seeing the signal to stop. As he came to a graceful halt, spinning round on the balls of his feet to face the men, the soft folds of his cloak billowed out around him." These opening sentences completely set the scene for what is to follow, redcoat officer Captain Robert Catto of the despised Town Guard is on a mission. He has been summoned from front line duty in Europe and promoted to Captain by Duncan Forbes of Culloden, The Lord President. Culloden is a humane and honourable man whose only agenda is the peace and prosperity of his beloved Scotland, he has seconded Robert Catto to carry out a covert mission to assess the strength of the Jacobite threat under the auspices of Captain of the Town Guard.Much of the intrigue is centred around Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary where Christian Rankeillor lives and works with her father, a much respected Professor, surgeon and apothecary. They are Jacobite sympathisers along with Professor Rankeillor's apprentice, Jamie Buchan of Balnamoon. Robert Catto is aware that unlawful dissections are taking place in the dead of night in the Infirmary, he uses this knowledge as a cover to enter and search the premises, frightening the women of the Rankeillor household in the process. Captain Catto finds evidence of a clandestine meeting, and suspects Christian and her father of hiding a Jacobite agent with a price on his head, he is duty bound to winkle out this traitor to the crown.The story proceeds with Robert and Kirsty aware of a growing and unwanted attraction between them, they are on opposing sides, each determined to succeed, Kirsty to help the agent to escape, Robert to stop this happening at all costs. I love Robert's character, he is honourable and charismatic, but entirely human, no chocolate box hero. Kirsty is a feisty and loyal, beautiful young woman, unusual in that she has been treated as an equal by her father and is therefore not afraid of the dead and the dissecting of them for medical science. Their growing love for each other is apparent but does not overshadow the serious subject, that of Scotland at a crossroads in her history, time for action, one side wishing to throw her into civil war, the other to avoid this if at all possible.There are many twists and turns, the death of a young prostitute, bestial behaviour by some of Edinburgh's young and wealthy spoilt aristocrats', political intrigue, clandestine meetings etc. All combine to make this a thoroughly enjoyable, intriguing, and fascinating story. Maggie Craig is a historian of repute as well as a talented writer, her meticulous research and love of her homeland shows. I have recently completed the first two Outlander novels and therefore cannot help comparing the two writers. The fact that Gathering Storm has been written by a Scot who knows her subject by simply living and breathing it, is obvious, even the language used could only have been written by someone in the habit of using and hearing this vernacular every day...love it.I can't wait for the next book in this series and I'm hopeful that Maggie Craig can also persuade her publisher to employ the fabulous actor, Lesley Mackie, to narrate this powerful tale as she did with her poignant and beautiful novel, One Sweet Moment. Gathering Storm with its evocative and turbulent background set in 18th century Edinburgh, would benefit from Ms.Mackie's intuitive and talented reading of it (I would put her on a par with Nicholas Boulton) a dream team indeed. 5 mega stars.
See all 5 customer reviews... Gathering Storm, by Maggie CraigGathering Storm, by Maggie Craig PDF
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig iBooks
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig ePub
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig rtf
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig AZW
Gathering Storm, by Maggie Craig Kindle
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar