The Darkest Shore
$23.05
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2021
Summary
1703: The wild east coast of Scotland.
Returning to her home town of Pittenweem, fishwife and widow Sorcha McIntyre knows she faces both censure and mistrust. After all, this is a country where myth and legend are woven into the fabric of the everyday, a time when those who defy custom like Sorcha has are called to account.
It is dangerous to be a clever woman who ‘doesn’t know her place’ in Pittenweem - a town rife with superstition. So, when a young local falls victim to wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781867207993 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1867207990 |
| Author: | Karen Brooks |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HQ Fiction |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 416g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 130mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
The Darkest Shore is meticulously researched, taking a real historical event, and [Karen Brooks’] academic experience and merging it with exceptional storytelling. The characters are complex and compelling … a powerful novel, at times brutal, but always enthralling. The Darkest Shore is a major achievement for Karen Brooks.’ Better Reading
‘Meticulously researched and historically compelling… this fast-paced novel is a dramatic spy thriller that shines a spotlight on the inner workings of Elizabethan England.’ - BOOKS+PUBLISHING on The Locksmith’s Daughter
Karen Brooks
Karen Brooks is the author of fourteen books - historical fiction, historical fantasy, YA fantasy, and one non-fiction. She was an academic for over 20 years, a newspaper columnist and social commentator. She has a Ph.D. in English/Cultural Studies and has published internationally on all things popular culture, education and social psychology. An award-winning teacher, she’s taught throughout Australia and in The Netherlands and keynoted at many education conferences. Nowadays, she finds greatest contentment studying history and writing, and helping her husband in his Brewstillery, Captain Bligh’s. She shares a beautiful stone house in Hobart, Tasmania, built in 1868, with her husband, adorable dogs and cats, and shelves brimming with books.
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