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The vanished days, Susanna Kearsley

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The vanished days

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Susanna Kearsley

I have been persuaded now to take my pen in hand and tell the story as it should be told ... In the autumn of 1707, old enemies from the Scottish Highlands to the Borderlands are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England. An invasion is imminent as many plot to bring the exiled young Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, and in Edinburgh, the streets are filled with discontent and danger. Queen Anne, seeking to calm the situation, has sent money up from London for Scots who took part eight years earlier in the ill-fated Darien expedition that left Scotland all but bankrupt. A young widow comes forward to collect her husband's portion of this money, but her claim is dubious. The man assigned to investigate now has to determine if she's telling the truth, or if his own troublesome feelings are blinding and misleading him. It's not only a matter of justice, but of lost love and a nation betrayed"In the autumn of 1707, old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England. At the same time, the French are preparing to launch an invasion to bring the young exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, and in Edinburgh the streets are filled with discontent and danger. Queen Annes commissioners, seeking to calm the situation, have begun paying out money sent up from London to settle the losses and wages owed to those Scots who took part in the disastrous Darien expedition eight years earlieran ill-fated venture that left Scotland all but bankrupt. When the young widow of a Darien sailor comes forward to collect her husbands wages, her claim is challenged. One of the men assigned to investigate has only days to decide if shes honest, or if his own feelings are blinding him to the truth." --Sourcebooks.com

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