{"product_id":"our-lady-of-the-snows-1","title":"Our Lady of the Snows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic voyage well worth taking\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThere is nothing quite like a James Buchan novel\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrance, 1754. William and Jeanne Neilson, together at last, are living in the deep country and are happier than either ever expected to be. Their children, the foundling Marie-Ange and young William, are growing up. Jeanne devotes her mornings to scientific research while William has exchanged soldiering for agricultural improvement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet both are restless. Jeanne, herself married to a poor Scotsman outlawed in Great Britain, is determined her adoptive daughter shall have a throne. Marie-Ange's grace and rich dowry have caught the eyes of princes all over Europe. But Marie-Ange's heart is firmly elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam, still haunted by the loss of his men at the battle of Culloden in 1746, dreams of one last fight to purge his shame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen war breaks out again with England, and the family is torn apart and scattered into the unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003eA CHALICE ARGENT\u003c\/b\u003e, the second William Neilson novel:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Delightful ... William Neilson continues to exhibit basically all of the virtues. He's brave, stoical, generous, truthful, constant, protective towards the weak and honourable to a fault. Yet entirely likeable. The nearest series to this I can think of is Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin cycle' Francis Spufford, winner of the Costa First novel award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat readers say about \u003cb\u003eA STREET SHAKEN BY LIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e, the first William Neilson novel:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tight and \u003cb\u003ebright romp of a read\u003c\/b\u003e' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His \u003cb\u003erollicking romp\u003c\/b\u003e ranges widely across the world, taking in \u003cb\u003ethe French Revolution, the Jacobite rebellion, love affairs, duels, general skullduggery\u003c\/b\u003e and much else besides, in prose as elegant as it is witty' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55331967959384,"sku":"9781035431168","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035431168.jpg?v=1777976149","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/our-lady-of-the-snows-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}