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1707 A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution
The Vanished Days
What you need to know before your trail
Autumn, 1707. Old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England, the French are preparing to launch an invasion to carry the young exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, and in Edinburgh the streets are filled with discontent and danger.
Queen Anne’s commissioners, seeking to calm the situation, have begun settling the losses and wages owed to those Scots who took part in the disastrous Darien expedition eight years earlier.
When Lily, the young widow of a Darien sailor, comes forward to collect her husband’s wages, her claim is challenged, and one of the men who’s assigned to examine her has only days to decide if she’s honest, or if his own feelings are making him blind to the truth, and if he’s being used as a pawn in an even more treacherous game.
A story of intrigue, adventure, endurance, romance…and the courage to hope.
Locations
Reset- Scotland - Scottish Highlands
- A: Peterhead - Slains Castle
- B: Glenfinnan Monument
- C: Glenfinnan Viewpoint
- D: Falkirk
- E: Inverness - the Battle of Culloden
Travel Guide
This novel looks at the Jacobite rebellion and Union of Scotland with England . Of course, this results in great political upheaval.
Discover Vanishing Days with Susanna Kearsley
The Jacobite rising of 1745, was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart
Charles launched the rebellion on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. The Jacobite army entered England in early November, reaching Derby on 4 December, where they decided to turn back.
Despite victory at Falkirk Muir in January 1746, the Battle of Culloden in April ended the Rebellion and significant backing for the Stuart cause.
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Destination/Location: Scotland Author: Susanna Kearsley Departure: 1707
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