White Rose Rebel
by Janet Paisley
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Independent-minded Scottish woman Anne Farquharson is outraged by her husband's enlistment in the British army, a situation that drives her to reunite with a previous lover and join the Scottish uprising.Tags
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Passionate saga set during the Jacobite Rebellion. The heroine, Anne Farquarson, is billed as the "female Braveheart" and certainly there are many similarities. "White Rose Rebel" is an unflinching portrayal of a dark time in Scottish history that will keep you turning the pages.
I really enjoyed this novel - describing the build up to the Culloden battle. I thought it gave an interesting insight into Clan life - though it was rather 'bodice-ripping' in parts.
I couldn't get past 50 pages before the bodice ripping scenes went over the top. From what I gather this book is nothing but gratuitous sex interspersed with greatly detailed battle scenes, neither of which appeals to this reader. I do like a romance on occasion but it helps if there's some chemistry there and you won't find it in this book. Get it from the library if you must.
Historically accurate husband versus wife at war story, thematically brilliant, deeply affecting
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Janet Paisley was born in Ilford, England on January 12, 1948. She was a poet, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. She wrote six collections of poetry including Pegasus in Flight, Alien Crop, Reading the Bones, Ye Cannae Win, and Sang fur the Wandert. Her novels included White Rose Rebel and Warrior Daughter. Her first play, Refuge, won the show more Peggy Ramsay Award in 1996. Her other plays included Deep Rising, Winding String, straightjackets, Double Yella, and The Lassies, O. She wrote the script for the short film Long Haul and was a scriptwriter for the BBC TV series River City and the STV series High Road. She wrote in Scots and English and was a life-long activist for social justice and the Scots language. In 2017 she was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, for Services to Scots. She died on November 9, 2018 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Lady Anne Farquharson
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- Scotland, UK
- Important events
- Jacobite Rebellion
- Original language
- English
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