A band of desperate criminals...a seemingly deserted farmhouse guarded by the rotting remnants of scarecrows, the echoes of torture and depravity and the whispers of unholy nightmares...a dark night concealing terrible secrets, misery and long-suppressed horrors... One faraway, nearly forgotten nig
Kingdom of Shadows
β Scribed by Barbara Erskine
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 1988;2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 680 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Barbara Erskine's classic bestseller, the successor to Lady of Hay, at last available as a HarperCollins paperback.
In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful β but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify β but also powerfully compel β her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers.In 1306, Scotland is at war. Isobel, Countess of Buchan, faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting surrounds her. But passionate and headstrong, her trials escalate when she is persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce, her lover.Duncairn, Isobel's home and Clare's beloved heritage, becomes a battleground for passions that span the centuries. As husband Paul's recklessness threatens their security, Clare must fight to save Duncairn, and to save herself from the powers of Isobelβ¦
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