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Family Drama / Adventure
1793
France
/ Scotland
“It is 1793... As Europe watches the French
Revolution’s bloody progress, uneasy Scottish landowners struggle to secure
their wealth and power. And, in Dalriada – the ancient Kingdom of Scotland –
fractured truths, torn loyalties and bloody atrocities are rife. Can anyone
ride the maelstrom of these dangerous times? Only, it seems, Malcolm Craig
Lowrie – the legendary Wolf of Dalriada.
In remote Argyll, people cry out to the young
laird for protection against the evil of the Clearances. And there is also a
beautiful Frenchwoman – staked as a child on the turn of a card – now living in
thrall to her debauched captor, Sir William Robinson. But can the Wolf of
Dalriada safeguard his people? Can the Wolf defeat enemies who, like the spirit
of Argyll’s Corryvrecken Whirlpool, threaten to engulf them all?”
Part political
intrigue, part romance, part mysticism, this debut novel, The
Wolf of Dalriada, explores the upheaval of the period of the French
Revolution and it is refreshing to see life in this era from the different
perspective of Scotland rather than the more usual London/Paris Scarlet Pimpernel-type romantic
adventure.
Perhaps a
little clichéd in places with the baddies being bad and the goodies being good,
and the occasional stumble with the flow of the writing where intrigue is key
over action, but some of the scenery and ‘backdrop’ to the story is very nicely
described so lovers of Scotland will appreciate this aspect. There could be some polishing to this debut novel, but the author has talent and a good technical editor could help bring out that talent to make Ms Gates an author to definitely watch in the future.
An entertaining
tale.
© Ellen Hill
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