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Biografisk notat
Donald Smith is Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. He has written, directed or produced over fifty plays and is one of Scotland's leading storytellers. He is also a founder member of the National Theatre of Scotland. This is his first novel.
<p><em>Delves into the City of Literature, and comes out dark side up.</em> - MARC LAMBERT </p>
<p><em>Donald Smith's is a voice we need to hear in Scotland... His deep knowledge of history, myth, story, religion, landscape and literature means that he has much real richness to draw on.</em> - TESSA RANSFORD</p>
<p><em>Subtly crafted... and a rattling good yarn.</em> - STEWART CONN, EDINBURGH'S INAUGURAL MAKAR</p>
This tale of intrigue and betrayal goes to the heart of events surrounding the Treaty of Union in 1707. Daniel Foe (better known as Defoe), sent to Scotland to sway opinion towards Union, reports to his English spymaster. But Edinburgh is already a hotbed of counter-plots and nascent rebellion. Foe's encounters with a landlady who is not what she seems, and with a beautiful Jacobite agent, lead him to become a novelist, against his better instincts.
He was a spy among us, but not known as such, otherwise the mob of Edinburgh would pull him to pieces. - JOHN CLERK OF PENICUIK
Union between England and Scotland hangs in the balance. Propagandist, spy and novelist-to-be Daniel Defoe is caught up in the murky essence of eighteenth century Edinburgh - cobblestones, courtesans and kirkyards. Expecting a godly society in the capital of Presbyterianism, Defoe engages with a beautiful Jacobite agent, and uncovers a nest of vipers.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Donald Smith is Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. He has written, directed or produced over fifty plays and is one of Scotland's leading storytellers. He is also a founder member of the National Theatre of Scotland. This is his first novel.