Unspeakable
Published on 9. March 2017
272 pages
978-1-911332-16-9 (ISBN)
Description
Based on a true case, a young man pays the ultimate price for saying what he thinks in this masterful historical novel by a writer at the height of her powers.
Edinburgh in the late 17th century is centre of religious authoritarianism, intolerance and fear. The flames of the city's famous Enlightenment are yet to burn.
Based on the true story of Thomas Aikenhead, this is the fictional account of a 20 year-old student who was the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for blasphemy.
Dilys Rose is one of Scotland's very best literary writers. This is a brilliant historical novel, from an acclaimed and award-winning writer at the height of her powers, with great resonance for today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
File size
0,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-911332-16-9 (9781911332169)
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Dilys Rose lives in Edinburgh and is director of the online Master's programme in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Dilys's fiction includes Our Lady of the Pickpockets (1989), Red Tides (1993),
War Dolls (1998), Pest Maiden, (1999), Lord of Illusions (2005), Selected Stories (2005) and Pelmanism (2014). She also writes poetry and drama and, more recently, text for music. Awards for her work include The Macallan/ Scotland on Sunday Short Story Award, Canongate Prize, Society of Authors' Travel Award, two Scottish Arts Council Awards and the McCash Poetry Prize.
