Creature Comforts [Hardcover]

Jessica Stirling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1986

Elspeth and Anna Patterson of Balnesmoor have married well: Elspeth to a wealthy wool merchant, Anna to the son of a respected factor. But they are not happy. This is the second novel in Stirling's trilogy of a Scottish family.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Although it helps to have read her earlier historical novel, Treasures on Earth, this second volume in Stirling's proposed trilogy, set in rural Scotland of the last century, can stand on its own. The daughters of Gaddy Cochran, the indomitable drover's woman who was a central character in the first book, realize the haunting of their hardscrabble youth in tragically flawed marriages. Elspeth, the foundling raised by Gaddy, stifled in a mysteriously nonconsummated marriage with a wealthy weaver, and Anna, the sensual dairymaid wed to Matt of the upright Sinclair family, but lusting for the newly installed laird and landowner, are the focusas well as indirect precipitatorsof the havoc that descends on the tiny enclave. The complex plot, enhanced with the schemes of crafty rurals, kept in check by the honorable Sinclairs, is an arresting exploration of thwarted ambitions and damaged lives. Stirling vividly represents the ironclad societal structures of the period and the violence sprung from lust and injustice, as the stage is set for completion of the trilogy.
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Review

'This second novel in Stirling's trilogy easily matches Treasures on Earth for the juiciest of amorous messes, horrific predicaments, clashing egos and events at a gallop...Top-flight period melodrama' -- Kirkus Reviews 'How often does one put down a book and look forward to its sequel? This book offers such a rare experience...Read and enjoy!' -- Best Sellers 'Engaging novel of love and passion in a Scottish village in the early 1800's' -- Yorkshire Post --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (August 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312171633
• ISBN-13: 978-0312171636
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,685,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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