The Dark Pasture [Mass Market Paperback]

Jessica Stirling (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 1979

Seventeen years have passed and the Lanarkshire mining village of Blacklaw has weathered both depression and the driving ambition of its coalmaster. But at last, falling wages have driven the miners to desperate rebellion...In Edinburgh, drew Stalker has become Scotland's most eminent young advocate, with the highest honours within his grasp. Only scandal can bring him down - and scandal in the form of his bastard son is about to re-enter his life. His sister Mirrin faces a different threat to her hard-won respectability. As Tom Armstrong's eyesight fails and her farm's future become uncertain, Mirrin must draw on all her courage to survive.

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Editorial Reviews

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'I would strongly recommend it to anyone with a taste for family sagas' -- Scotsman 'An engrossing story...one of the greatest court cases I have read in any modern fiction' -- Edinburgh Evening News 'Family ties, family strengths and weaknesses, ambition, greed, loyalty and love...the story is just as compelling as the earlier ones' -- Daily Telegraph 'Some satisfying conclusions to Jessica Stirling's excellent Stalker trilogy' -- Daily Telegraph --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 12, 1979)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345280334
ISBN-13: 978-0345280336
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,367,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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