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Title: Under the Beacon Lights
Author: Halbert J Boyd
Year of Publication: 1932 (20th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Plot Summary: The year is 1544, and an English army has crossed into Scotland bringing terror and destruction in its wake. Kirsty Home and her daughter Maisie seek refuge in Dryburgh Abbey but are soon under the protection of Border warlords bent on casting out the invaders. Desperate night rides, fugitive fears, cross-border attacks, politics, intrigue, love, violence: in some ways like a Scottish Balkans. Culminates in the famous Battle of Ancrum Moor (1545)
Publisher: Grant & Murray
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Home | Title detail page
Title: Under the Beacon Lights
Author: Halbert J Boyd
Year of Publication: 1932 (20th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Plot Summary: The year is 1544, and an English army has crossed into Scotland bringing terror and destruction in its wake. Kirsty Home and her daughter Maisie seek refuge in Dryburgh Abbey but are soon under the protection of Border warlords bent on casting out the invaders. Desperate night rides, fugitive fears, cross-border attacks, politics, intrigue, love, violence: in some ways like a Scottish Balkans. Culminates in the famous Battle of Ancrum Moor (1545)
Publisher: Grant & Murray
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009