The Candlemass Road - George MacDonald Fraser torrent

Category: Adults, Historical Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: 1400's Border Wars Scotland
Written by George MacDonald Fraser
Read by George MacDonald Fraser
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: ISIS Audiobooks, 1995
Length: 5 hrs 45min
Young Lady Margaret Dacre was brought up in the genteel fashion at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. When her father is murdered, she inherits his lands in the English West March and is plunged into a world where violence and raiding are commonplace and she is at the mercy of the outlaw riders and feuding tribes of England’s last frontier.
Upon arrival, the family priest, a crumbling home, and crises demanding immediate attention confront her. Knowing her decisions will have long-term consequences, she must decide who to trust and what is right. The story, narrated by the priest, begins with him being goaded into answering a question at a college feast. His answer becomes the main story and demonstrates the vagaries of shifting alliances in such turbulent times.
Fraser’s characters are, as always, richly developed through vivid descriptions and witty dialogues. His novel is true to the spirit of the Anglo-Scottish frontier feud.
George MacDonald Fraser wrote The Candlemass Road after completing his research and writing The Steel Bonnets, his nonfiction account of the Anglo-Scottish border Reivers.
Overall, this is an intriguing account of the brutal life in the lawless Borders and is presented in authentic language.
There is a much newer recording not available to me in the US.
Publisher: ISIS Audiobooks, 1995
Length: 5 hrs 45min

Young Lady Margaret Dacre was brought up in the genteel fashion at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. When her father is murdered, she inherits his lands in the English West March and is plunged into a world where violence and raiding are commonplace and she is at the mercy of the outlaw riders and feuding tribes of England’s last frontier.

Upon arrival, the family priest, a crumbling home, and crises demanding immediate attention confront her. Knowing her decisions will have long-term consequences, she must decide who to trust and what is right. The story, narrated by the priest, begins with him being goaded into answering a question at a college feast. His answer becomes the main story and demonstrates the vagaries of shifting alliances in such turbulent times.

Fraser’s characters are, as always, richly developed through vivid descriptions and witty dialogues. His novel is true to the spirit of the Anglo-Scottish frontier feud.

George MacDonald Fraser wrote The Candlemass Road after completing his research and writing The Steel Bonnets, his nonfiction account of the Anglo-Scottish border Reivers.

Overall, this is an intriguing account of the brutal life in the lawless Borders and is presented in authentic language.

There is a much newer recording not available to me in the US.