Here Burns My Candle
Author: Higgs, Liz Curtis
ISBN: 9781400070015
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 16 Mar 2010
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;IPgt;Here Burns My CandlePlt;/IPgt; will be enthusiastically embraced by Liz Curtis HiggsP#39;s loyal fan base, which includes readers of her previous Scottish historical novels as well as the many thousands who have enjoyed her nonfiction bestsellers such as Plt;IPgt;Bad Girls of the BiblePlt;/IPgt;. In addition, this book will appeal to readers of historical novelists like Francine Rivers, Anya Seton, and Philippa Gregory.
Plt;bPgt;A mother who cannot face her future.Plt;brPgt;A daughter who cannot escape her past.Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the Plt;iPgt;auldPlt;/iPgt; ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath her floor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions are maintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, MarjoryP#8217;s many regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;One by one the KerrP#160;familyP#160;secrets begin to surface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September 1745, intent on capturing the crown. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Scotland, Plt;iPgt;Here Burns My CandlePlt;/iPgt; illumines the dark side of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the way home.
ISBN: 9781400070015
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 16 Mar 2010
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;IPgt;Here Burns My CandlePlt;/IPgt; will be enthusiastically embraced by Liz Curtis HiggsP#39;s loyal fan base, which includes readers of her previous Scottish historical novels as well as the many thousands who have enjoyed her nonfiction bestsellers such as Plt;IPgt;Bad Girls of the BiblePlt;/IPgt;. In addition, this book will appeal to readers of historical novelists like Francine Rivers, Anya Seton, and Philippa Gregory.
Plt;bPgt;A mother who cannot face her future.Plt;brPgt;A daughter who cannot escape her past.Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the Plt;iPgt;auldPlt;/iPgt; ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath her floor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions are maintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, MarjoryP#8217;s many regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;One by one the KerrP#160;familyP#160;secrets begin to surface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September 1745, intent on capturing the crown. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Scotland, Plt;iPgt;Here Burns My CandlePlt;/iPgt; illumines the dark side of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the way home.
