The Cromarty Library Circle
MacLean, Shona2026
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Cromarty, The Black Isle, 1831. As seagulls shriek & rise on the coastal winds, a circulating library in the port town of Cromarty is meeting for the first time. Ostensibly united by a love of books, the demands of social convention have brought together a disparate group of people. Charlotte Mackenzie, the remote & fragile wife of the local laird, seeks an escape from a loveless marriage; her best friend, Rachel Mackay, a former governess who is ardently in love with her own older husband, the town's minister; the young schoolmaster, John Learmonth, newly arrived from Edinburgh with secrets in tow; & the gentle bank clerk, Ludovic Cameron who dreams of a new life across the ocean, far from his erstwhile schoolmate, Farquhar Hossack. Whenthe laird befriends a wounded officer, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium of the community.
Main title:
The Cromarty Library Circle / Shona MacLean.
Author:
MacLean, Shona, author
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2026.
Collation:
448 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529445497 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6113.A266
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
BRN:
4326160