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A Game of Sorrows S.G. MacLean

A Game of Sorrows By S.G. MacLean

A Game of Sorrows by S.G. MacLean


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Summary

A second historical thriller sweeps Alexander Seaton back to his roots in Ulster, and a family he might prefer never to have met.

A Game of Sorrows Summary

A Game of Sorrows: Alexander Seaton 2 by S.G. MacLean

It is 1628, and Alexander Seaton's happily settled life as a university teacher in Aberdeen is shattered by the arrival in town of a stranger who looks like his twin and who carries a plea for help from Alexander's dead mother's family in Ireland. The family has been placed under a poet's curse, threatening death to various members. Elements of the curse have already begun to play out. Reluctantly answering the call, Alexander leaves his home and his beloved Sarah and travels to Ulster, to find himself among a family torn apart by secrets and long-buried resentments. In the course of seeking out the author of the curse, Alexander becomes deeply entangled in a conflict that involves fugitive priests, displaced poets, rebellious plotters and agents of the king. Confronted by murder within his family, he finds the lines between superstition and faith, duty and loyalty are becoming increasingly blurred, while his Scottish homeland grows ever more remote.

A Game of Sorrows Reviews

'A fine, rich, beautiful historical thriller - literate, engaging and moving' Manda Scott. * Manda Scott *
'MacLean has the first-rate historical novelist's gift... communicates her passion for the period without downplaying its brutishness' Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph *
'Combines the ironclad plotting of Sansom with the artful recreation of Mantel' Independent. * Independent *
'A substantial story, well researched, never slackening pace' Scotsman. * Scotsman *

About S.G. MacLean

S.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University, specializing in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Scottish history. She has written four highly acclaimed historical thrillers set in Scotland, The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger), A Game of Sorrows, Crucible of Secrets and The Devil's Recruit, and a series of historical thrillers set in Oliver Cromwell's London. The first and third books in the series, The Seeker and Destroying Angel, have won the CWA Historical Dagger and the second and fourth, The Black Friar and The House of Lamentations were longlisted for the same award. S.G. MacLean is married with four children and lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland. Follow her on Instagram @iwritemybike2

Additional information

GOR002201333
9781849162449
1849162441
A Game of Sorrows: Alexander Seaton 2 by S.G. MacLean
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Quercus Publishing
20100902
416
N/A
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