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The Jewel
Catherine Czerkawska
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Description for The Jewel
Paperback. Jean Armour's marriage to Robert Burns was extraordinary: passionate, tempestuous and enduring against all odds, and its rocky course reveals Jean's indomitable strength and character. How she lived with, and frequently without, Scotland's most famous son also tells us much about the life and times of Burns himself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
A luscious historical novel, The Jewel brings to glorious life the dramatic years of Jean Armour and Robert Burns’s courtship, and their tempestuous, passionate married life, against a background simmering with political intrigue and turmoil. Jean, a beautiful young woman with the voice of a nightingale, set young Rab’s heart aflame from the first. Jean’s father tried to protect her from the advances of the mercurial ploughman-poet, whose roving eye was notorious. But she would not be kept from him. Their marriage endured against all odds, its rocky course revealing Jean’s indomitable strength and character. How Jean lived with – ... Read more
A luscious historical novel, The Jewel brings to glorious life the dramatic years of Jean Armour and Robert Burns’s courtship, and their tempestuous, passionate married life, against a background simmering with political intrigue and turmoil. Jean, a beautiful young woman with the voice of a nightingale, set young Rab’s heart aflame from the first. Jean’s father tried to protect her from the advances of the mercurial ploughman-poet, whose roving eye was notorious. But she would not be kept from him. Their marriage endured against all odds, its rocky course revealing Jean’s indomitable strength and character. How Jean lived with – ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Glasgow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910192238
SKU
V9781910192238
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Ref
99-99
About Catherine Czerkawska
Catherine Czerkawska is a multi-award-winning novelist and playwright based in Scotland. She has written plays for the stage, ITV and BBC Radio 4, and has published numerous short stories. Her eight novels include The Curiosity Cabinet, shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and serialised on BBC radio in 2013.
Reviews for The Jewel
"Beguiling and enchanting ... I enjoyed this book so much that I read it twice." - Scottish Review. "Finally gives voice to Jeany Armour, the girl who sang as sweetly as the nightingale, who was muse, mother, wife and lover to Scotland's national poet. This is her song." - Sunday Mail. "Uplifting ... The reader finds themself deeply immersed... superbly ... Read more