Jan Webster
ASIN: B073XMY13S
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 334
The final instalment of the Kate Kilgour trilogy.Patie Fleming, the racing driver who carries on the Kilgour family’s engineering interests, marries a wealthy wife. By contrast, his sister marries the local pit agent - although another, very different suitor had been vying for her attention. It is her daughter Eleanor, born in 1922 soon after the story opens, who epitomizes the political concern that has activated three generations of Flemings, Balfours and Kilgours, however.Eleanor stands as Scottish Nationalist candidate for Dounhead, encountering the differing attitudes to this most burning of Scottish issues.Beggarman’s Country is a heart-warming and enriching tale that documents love and family in times of peace and war. Colliers Row and Saturday City, the first two volumes in Jan Webster’s trilogy, established her as a magnificent story-teller, able to enthral Scots and non-Scots ...