![]() ![]() ![]() The book actually opens with David attending their execution, and it really pulled me in, the way we see it through his eyes. Workers in Scotland sought government reform and decided to strike, but the government feared them, and the whole thing ended with Andrew Hardie and James Baird (the leaders) being executed, and many other men transported to Australia. We’ve got actual historical happenings our main character, David Lauriston, is an advocate for the men accused by the state of being radicals who brought about an uprising: the “Radical War”, or as it’s called here, the weaver plot. But Chambers uses the historical setting in such a clever way. The historical detail is front and center, and you really feel the time and place, in this case the Scottish Enlightenment circa 1820, a time period I really didn’t know much about going in. ![]() ![]() But there’s something about the style this book is written in, which frankly reminds me of one of my favorite authors, K.J. And don’t get me wrong, I enjoy those types of books often when done well. I guess I was thinking this was more like your standard “historical” romance, with the focus mostly on the romance, and where history often takes a backseat, or gets a bit imaginary (cough Tessa Dare cough). I should have read this so much sooner! I’ve owned a Kindle version for years now. ![]()
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