The English spy - Donald Smith

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Title
The English spy
Author
Donald Smith
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Luath Press
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20070401

This tale of intrigue and betrayal goes to the heart of events surrounding the Treaty of Union in 1707. Daniel Foe (better known as Defoe), sent to Scotland to sway opinion towards Union, reports to his English spymaster. But Edinburgh is already a hotbed of counter-plots and nascent rebellion. Foe's encounters with a landlady who is not what she seems, and with a beautiful Jacobite agent, lead him to become a novelist, against his better instincts.

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Donald Smith is Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. He has written, directed or produced over fifty plays and is one of Scotland's leading storytellers. He is also a founder member of the National Theatre of Scotland. This is his first novel.

Delves into the City of Literature, and comes out dark side up. - MARC LAMBERT

Donald Smith's is a voice we need to hear in Scotland... His deep knowledge of history, myth, story, religion, landscape and literature means that he has much real richness to draw on. - TESSA RANSFORD

Subtly crafted... and a rattling good yarn. - STEWART CONN, EDINBURGH'S INAUGURAL MAKAR

Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Scotland - History - Union, 1707 - Fiction.|Edinburgh (Scotland) - History - 18th century - Fiction.
Country of Publication
Scotland
Number of Pages
173

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