Book description
The daughter of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird, Lady Magdalen shares with
her childhood friend, Francis Gowrie of Mintlaw, a love of art and
beauty, and a horror of barbaric practices. But, with civil war brewing
and family alliances paramount, Carnegie arranges her marriage to an
ambitious young soldier, James Graham, the future Marquis of Montrose.
This is a captivating novel, which juxtaposes the feminine and domestic
with the political and military ramifications of the era. Lady Magdalen
is effortlessly readable and a powerful evocation of seventeenth century
Scotland.
