A House Divided, Margaret Skea
A House Divided, Margaret Skea
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A House Divided
Compassion,Cruelty and Sacrifice in 16th century Scotland Munro series Book 2

Author: Margaret Skea

Narrator: Dave Gillies

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2020

Synopsis

‘When you must face Maxwell, give evidencebefore the King. Have you thought on that?’‘If I do not face Maxwell, I will notbe able to face myself.'Scotland 1597. The truce between the Cunninghame and Montgomerie clans is fragile. And for the Munro family, living in hiding under assumed names, these are dangerous times.While Munro risks his life daily in the army of the French King, the spectre of discovery by William Cunninghame haunts his wife Kate. Her fears for their children and her absent husband realized as William’s desire for revenge tears their world apart.A sweeping tale of compassion and cruelty, treachery and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of a religious war, feuding clans and the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.This eagerly awaited sequel to Turn of the Tide can also be read as a stand-alone novel and will appeal to fans of Winston Graham's Poldark and C J Sansom's Shardlake series.Longlisted for the Historical Novel society New Novel AwardPraise for Margaret Skea'The quality of the writing and research is outstanding.' Jeffrey Archer'…captivating and fast-paced. You’ll find yourself reading far into the night. Ann Weisgarber: Walter Scott and Orange Prize shortlisted author of The Promise'Margaret Skea brings the 16th century to vivid life.' Sharon Penman
*A full character list is available on the author's website @ https://www.margaretskea.com*

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathy

4.5* Following on from Turn Of The Tide, A House Divided picks up the story of the Munro family several years after they were forced to fake their own deaths in a fire at their home, in order to escape the machinations of William Cunninghame, heir to the Earl of Glencairn. Munro is now fighting with......more

Goodreads review by Geri

I’ll tell the truth, shall I? I have been a bit annoyed with some of the historical fiction I’ve read recently. It is my fault for choosing too many books with the storyline “girl goes to court, meets [insert royal figure], chaos ensues.” This storyline seems prevalent in the Tudor/Elizabethan novel......more

Goodreads review by Ali

I very much enjoyed Turn of the Tide (Munro Book 1), Margaret Skea’s tale of warring clans in 16th century Scotland and I was certainly not disappointed in the sequel. In fact I remember taking a few pages to get into the first book but in this case I was hooked by the first scene in which we find h......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

‘A House Divided’ is nicely paced and picks up the tale from the perspective of a variety of characters as the story progresses. This often puts the reader in the enviable position of knowing more about what is going on than the characters themselves and helps drive the narrative. Characters are spl......more

Goodreads review by Fran

'A House Divided' This is a sequel, but you do not have to have read the first in the series to enjoy this, and to learn a lot from it. The rivalry that endured between the families of the Scottish Borders is an area that - forgive me if I am wrong - does not seem to have been much exploited by writ......more

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