Sue LawrenceVezi magazinul LibrisEdinburgh, January 1732: It's Lady Grange's funeral.
Her death is a shock: still young, she'd shown no signs of ill health.
But Rachel is, in fact, alive and kicking.
She's been brutally kidnapped by the man who has falsified her death - her husband of 25 years, a pillar of society with whom she has raised a family.
Her punishment, perhaps, for railing against his infidelity - or for uncovering evidence of his treasonable plottings against the government.
Whether to conceal his Jacobite leanings, or simply to `replace' a wife with a long-time mistress, Lord Grange banishes Rachel to the remote Hebridean Monach Isles, until she's removed again to distant St Kilda, far into the Atlantic - to an isolated life of primitive conditions, with no shared language - somewhere she can never be found.
This is the incredible and gripping story of a woman who has until now been remembered mostly by her husband's unflattering account.
Sue Lawrence reconstructs a remarkable tale of how the real Lady Grange may have coped with such a dramatic fate, with courage and grace.
