This book is from the acclaimed author of Voyageurs and The Sea Road . It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and fans of Elphinstone. The author has published eight novels and is firmly established as a writer of superb historical fiction.May, 1831, and on a tiny island off the Isle of Man, a lighthouse provides a harsh living for an unusual family. Lucy and Diya, husbandless and with three children between them, watch over the ancient light on Ellan Bride. Meanwhile the Scottish engineer, Robert Stevenson, is modernising the nation's lighthouses, and Ellan Bride - and the future of the family - are under threat. When two surveyors arrive to assess the light, tension escalates to danger point.
- ISBN
9781841959849
- Published
- August 16th 2007 by Canongate Books Ltd
- Category
- Historical Fiction
- Number of pages
- 432
- County of origin
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129
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