September 2014 Host: Jenny
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Summary
This
novel revolves around Carrie McClelland who is a present day successful author
of historical fiction. She travels to
Scotland to research the little known Jacobite uprising in 1708 when the
movement to return the exiled King James to the Scottish throne occurred. For her research, she comes to reside near
Slains, an ancient castle of interest as her original main character, Colonel
Nathanial Hook, visited there just before the uprising. She feels an unexpected connection towards
Slains, which she feels may be a result of her family’s past history in the
area. She has strange memories which
she writes about and then finds out that those memories prove to be true in
past history, which the author describes as genetic memories. Soon a young orphaned 18th century
woman named Sophie replaces Colonel Hook as the main character in McClelland’s
novel. There is further intrigue as
McClelland meets her landlord’s two sons.
Kearsley successfully intertwines parallel plots, mirror characters,
intrigue and romance in The Winter Sea. The
historical aspects of this novel are especially fascinating (go ahead, google
Cruden Bay, Slains Castle, and doric dialect, we did), and we highly recommend
this historical novel.
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