Paris, 1919. As the fragile negotiations of the International Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. She will do anything to escape the grief coming in waves for her beloved brother Jack, buried near Arras. Her sister Corran is about to put her academic career to use teaching the troops in France, a chance to see what the experience was like for countless men, including her fiancé Rob Campbell. Rob was part of the celebrated Scottish rugby team who were swept up in war fever and mown down in battle. He has been profoundly marked by his time as a surgeon on the front line, devastated by the incessant grind of the injured, dying and dead. The Paris Peacemakers follows three Scots as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives while the fabric of Europe is stitched together for good or ill.

The Paris Peacemakers: The powerful tale of love and loss in the aftermath of World War One

Literature & Fiction

Johnston, Flora

Genre Fiction

Allison Busby

The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay: The compelling historical novel inspired by the pioneering Scottish aviator

British & Irish

Christina Keith came from the small town of Thurso on the far north coast of Scotland. Highly intelligent and ambitious, she became a lecturer in Classics at a time when that was still a brave and unusual choice for a woman. Towards the end of the First World War she left behind the sheltered world of academia to live and work among soldiers of all social backgrounds as a lecturer with the Army's education scheme in France. She writes with warmth and humour of her experiences. When she and a companion travel across the devastated battlefi elds, just a short time after the guns have fallen silent, her descriptions are both evocative and moving. This unique memoir is an unforgettable read.

War Classics: The Remarkable Memoir of Scottish Scholar Christina Keith on the Western Front

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Spellmount

‘In this wonderful debut novel, Flora Johnston prises open a forgotten window to give a rare view onto the lives of women in one of the darkest periods in Scotland’s history.’ 
James Robertson\nScotland, 1687. An unforgiving place for those who won’t conform.\nPregnant and betrayed, eighteen-year-old Jonet believes nothing could be worse than her weekly public humiliation in sackcloth. But soon she discovers that a darker fate awaits her.\nDesperate to escape, she takes refuge among an outlawed group of religious dissidents. Here Widow Helen offers friendship and understanding, but Helen’s own beliefs have already seen her imprisoned once. Can she escape the authorities a second time?\nFrom the exposed Pentland hills to the narrow closes of Edinburgh, both Helen and Jonet find their fate becomes inextricably linked with that of fugitive preacher James Renwick. As the net closes on him, they too risk everything.\nWhat does it mean to be free

What You Call Free

Ringwood Publishing

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