Richmond 1837. Orphaned as an infant, when 25-year-old constrained married lady, Araminta McKenzie Moore is summoned to her great aunt's deathbed, it's the first time she's known she has any, living, blood relations.
The McKenzie women, however, have a long and secret history as Jewel Keepers to the Scottish Crown and when the old woman dies, Araminta is plunged into a dangerous intrigue which stretches back generations.
Thrown on her own resources, can this proper young lady break the bounds of her upbringing to unravel a legacy of baffling clues and right a wrong turn taken generations before by her many times great grandmother?
If she succeeds, she will uncover something more valuable than mere treasure - a secret that will change not only Araminta's life but the lives of all women on this, the cusp of the young Queen Victoria's rule.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-1-3997-4198-9 (9781399741989)
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Sara Sheridan has written more than 20 books including novels, non-fiction, TV tie ins, and ghost writing. Her work has been the First Minister's Summer Pick at the David Hume Institute, shortlisted for the Saltire Prize, the Wilbur Smith Prize and the CWA Dagger in the Library, and she has also won a Scottish Libraries Award. Her novel The Fair Botanists was the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2022 and featured in series seven of the Queen's Reading Room. Sara has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4 and has reported from both Tallin and Sharjah for Radio 4's Our Own Correspondent.
