Hailes Castle, 1511. Midnight on a doom-laden Halloween and Elisabeth Hepburn, feisty daughter of the Earl of Bothwell, makes a wish--to wed her lover, the poet David Lindsay. But her uncle has other plans. To safeguard the interests of the Hepburn family, she is to become a nun and succeed her aunt as Prioress of St. Mary's Abbey, Haddington. However, plunged into the political maelstrom and religious turmoil of the early Scottish Reformation, her life there is hardly one of quiet contemplation. But her greatest struggle is against her godson, John Knox. Witnessing his rejection of the Roman Catholic Church, she despairs that the sins of her past may have contributed to his present disenchantment. As he purges himself from the puddle of papistry, Knox finds his voice, denouncing everything he once held dear, but will that include his godmother, Prioress Elisabeth?
Marie Macpherson Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Marie Gilroy Macpherson crea narrativa storica che approfondisce figure ed eventi cruciali della storia scozzese. Le sue narrazioni sono caratterizzate da una profonda comprensione del contesto storico e da una meticolosa rappresentazione dei personaggi. L'autrice si concentra sulle vite e sugli impatti di individui significativi che hanno plasmato il passato della Scozia. Il suo approccio alla scrittura offre ai lettori una prospettiva avvincente sulla storia.
