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PUBLISHER: Capercaillie Books
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781909305069
RRP: £8.99
PUBLICATION DATE:
November 22, 2012
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Turn of the Tide
Margaret Skea
Scotland 1586
An ancient feud threatens Munro’s home, his family, even his life. Munro owes allegiance to the Cunninghames and to the Earl of Glencairn. He escapes the bloody aftermath of a massacre, but cannot escape the disdain of the wife he sought to protect, nor inner conflict, as he wrestles with his conscience, with divided loyalties and, most dangerous of all, a growing friendship with the rival Montgomerie clan.
Set against the backdrop of the turmoil of the closing years of the sixteenth century, Turn of the Tide follows the fortunes of a fictional family trapped at the centre of a notorious historic feud. Known as the Ayrshire Vendetta, it began in the 15th century and wasn’t finally resolved until the latter part of the 17th, the Cunninghames and Montgomeries dubbed the ‘Montagues and Capulets’ of Ayrshire.
Margaret Skea
Margaret Skea grew up in Northern Ireland at the height of the ‘Troubles’, but now lives in Scotland. She is an accomplished speaker, Creative Writing tutor and workshop presenter and has won or been placed in numerous competitions including, for short stories, Neil Gunn, Winchester, Mslexia, and Fish. Her debut novel, Turn of the Tide, received the Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author 2014. The sequel A House Divided, was long-listed for the Historical Novel Society New Novel Award 2016.
More information is available on her website www.margaretskea.com or you can find her on Twitter: @margaretskea1 and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MargaretSkeaAuthor.Novels/