![]() ![]() Reflecting on her long life, Maja believes him, for she is haunted by ghosts of her own. In the present day, young Lachie whispers to Maja of a ghost he thinks he has seen. Generations later, in the early nineteenth century, self-promoting antiquarian Charles Kirkliston Gibb is drawn to the Glen, and into the big house at the heart of its fragile community. ![]() Long after his death, legends about him are set down by an unknown hand in the Book of Conach. In ancient Pictland, the Christian hermit Conach contemplates God and nature, performs miracles and prepares himself for sacrifice. ![]() In particular, it holds the stories of three different eras, separated by centuries yet linked by location, by an ancient manuscript and by echoes that travel across time. So when my husband had a giftcard to spend at our local bookshop (the excellent The Portobello BookShop), I made the completely selfless suggestion that he might like this book! He loved it and I was waiting patiently for my turn to read it.ĭeep in the mountains of north-east Scotland lies Glen Conach, a place of secrets and memories, fable and history. ![]() James Robertson is one of my favourite authors and his novel And The Land Lay Still is one of my favourite books of all time. ![]()
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