Books
by James Robertson
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Joseph Knight |
Sir John Wedderburn, a Scottish sugar planter exiled to Jamaica after Culloden, returned home after many years bringing with him his token slave, Joseph Knight, to serve him in perpetuity. But Knight rebelled and the resulting case became a cause célebre bitterly fought in the Edinburgh courts. In this fictional account, Knight remains a shadowy figure but Wedderburn and his family, the lawyers and historical figures like Boswell and Johnson are brought vividly to life.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 46 June 2008) |
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The Testament of Gideon Mack |
What happens when a non-believing Presbyterian minister claims he spent three days with the Devil, who'd saved his life? Clearly, he's mad . . . but how to explain the tatty trainers he returned with, and the miraculously mended bone in his thigh? Not to mention his sudden urge to tell the truth? Latter-day Gothic romp or a subtle reflection on religion and faith in the contemporary world, or both, this is marvellous story-telling - I was absolutely hooked.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 43 December 2007) |
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The Testament of Gideon Mack |
A n apostate Minister of the auld Kirk falls to a certain death but miraculously, after three days, he rises again to tell how he was saved by the Devil. Is he mad? Is this true? Is he having a joke? Mixing folklore, the supernatural, faith and its opposite, this is a tangled web that tingles the spine and, with its open-ended conclusion, challenges the reader to make of it exactly what they will.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 75 Winter 2015) |
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