The jewel : a novel of the life of Jean Armour and her husband, Robert Burns
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy2016
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A luscious historical novel about Robert Burns' wife, Jean Armour, 'The Jewel' is set largely during the dramatic years of their courtship in Mauchline, their married life at Ellisland and in Dumfries, and Robert's early death, all against a background simmering with political intrigue and turmoil. Jean - a beautiful young woman with the voice of a nightingale - has been inexplicably neglected by biographers and historians. At first, her stonemason father tried to protect the young Jean from the advances of the mercurial ploughman-poet, whose roving eye and even delusions of grandeur were notorious. Nevertheless, she fell for him and accepted his proposal. Their marriage was passionate, tempestuous and enduring against all odds, and its rocky course reveals Jean's indomitable strength and character.
Main title:
The jewel : a novel of the life of Jean Armour and her husband, Robert Burns / Catherine Lucy Czerkawska.
Author:
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy, author
Imprint:
Glasgow : Saraband, 2016.
Collation:
330 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781910192238 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92HFAF
LC class:
PR6103
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1433267
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