The Candlemass Road - Softcover

Fraser, George MacDonald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161608099X ISBN 13: 9781616080990

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

George MacDonald Fraser wrote The Candlemass Road after completing his research and writing The Steel Bonnets, his nonfiction account of the Anglo-Scottish border Reivers. Young Lady Margaret Dacre was brought up in the genteel fashion at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. When her father is murdered, she inherits his lands in the English West March and is plunged into a world where violence and raiding are commonplace. Fraser’s characters are, as always, richly developed through vivid descriptions and witty dialogues. His novel is true to the spirit of the Anglo-Scottish frontier feud.

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Review:

'The Candlemass Road' is a simple tale, beautifully told; and very moving withal! It's an afternoon's reading that'll stick in the memory for long afterwards. Hooray for George Macdonald Fraser!' SPECTATOR 'It's George MacDonald Fraser is top form on the Borders, juggling lairds and outlaws in bitter battling over disputed territory.' MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Books of the Year' 'A bravura performance! fine, taut, sinewy! Meat never came redder.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'George MacDonald Fraser is such a good storyteller! we get bowled along in the twists and scrapes of the action.' GLASGOW HERALD

From the Back Cover:

To the young Lady Margaret Dacre, raised in the rich security of Queen Elizabeth's court, the Scottish border was a land of blood and brutal violence, where raid and murder were commonplace, and her broad inheritance lay at the mercy of the outlaw riders and feuding tribes of England's last frontier. Beyond the law's protection, alone but for her house servants and an elderly priest, she could wait helpless in her lonely manor, or somehow find the means to fight the terror approaching from the northern night...

‘'The Candlemass Road' is a simple tale, beautifully told; and very moving withal... It's an afternoon's reading that'll stick in the memory for long afterwards. Hooray for George Macdonald Fraser!’
SPECTATOR

‘It's George MacDonald Fraser is top form on the Borders, juggling lairds and outlaws in bitter battling over disputed territory.’
MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Books of the Year'

‘A bravura performance... fine, taut, sinewy... Meat never came redder.’
DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘George MacDonald Fraser is such a good storyteller... we get bowled along in the twists and scrapes of the action.’
GLASGOW HERALD

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 161608099X
• ISBN 13: 9781616080990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192