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Andrew Greig is the author of six acclaimed books of poetry and five novels, including the Saltire-Award winning In Another Light, That Summer, When They Lay Bare, and Romanno Bridge. His non-fiction books include Preferred Lies and At the Loch of the Green Corrie. He lives in Orkney and Edinburgh, with his wife, the novelist Lesley Glaister.
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"A triumph of suspense ... what sets Fair Helen above the usual run of historical novels, aside from Greig's extraordinarily deft use of language, is its moral depth, its acute sense of the intricacies of the Border feuds."―John Burnside, The Guardian
"One of the best historical novels of recent years, Greig dusts off the past and presents it with tremendous skill."―Kaite Welsh, Literary Review
"Exciting and moving, intelligent and imaginative ... Demands to be read once at the gallop, and then a second time slowly, savoring the details and relishing its intelligence."―Allan Massie, The Scotsman
"One of the best historical novels of recent years, Greig dusts off the past and presents it with tremendous skill."―Kaite Welsh, Literary Review
"Exciting and moving, intelligent and imaginative ... Demands to be read once at the gallop, and then a second time slowly, savoring the details and relishing its intelligence."―Allan Massie, The Scotsman
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- PublisherQuercus Publishing
- Publication date2023
- ISBN 10 178206673X
- ISBN 13 9781782066736
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- Number of pages368
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014. The Scottish Borderlands, 1590s. Harry Langton is called back to the country of his childhood to aide an old friend, Adam Fleming, who believes his life is in danger. He's fallen for Helen of Annandale and, in turn, fallen foul of her rival, Robert Bell: a man as violent as he is influential. In a land where minor lairds vie for power and blood feuds are settled by the sword, Fleming faces a battle to win Helen's hand. Entrusted as guard to the lovers' secret trysts, Langton is thrust into the middle of a dangerous triangle; and discovers Helen is not so chaste as she is fair. But Langton has his own secrets to keep - and other friends to serve. Someone has noticed his connections, and recruited him in their bid to control the hierarchy of the Border families; someone who would use lovers as pawns in a game of war. Saltire Award-winning author Andrew Greig reimagines the Border Ballad Fair Helen of Kirkconnel Lea as a dark romance and stirring adventure. Often called the Scottish Romeo & Juliet, here it is re-presented as the source of an equally famed, more complex drama. Andrew Greig takes the Scottish Border song The Ballad of Fair Helen as the inspiration for an adventure and a romance, shining a candlelight on the dark days of a lawless land, and the real woman behind the fable. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781782066736
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Book Description Condition: New. Andrew Greig takes the Scottish Border song The Ballad of Fair Helen as the inspiration for an adventure and a romance, shining a candlelight on the dark days of a lawless land, and the real woman behind the fable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781782066736
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