Turn of the Tide (Munro Saga 1)

Author(s): Margaret Skea

Location(s): Scotland

Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

Era(s): Late 16th c

Loyalty, Love, Betrayal in 16th c Scotland
Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author.

‘The quality of the writing and the research is outstanding.’ Jeffrey Archer

Scotland 1586. A land in turmoil, a family torn apart. An ancient feud threatens Munro’s home, his family, even his life.

Munro owes allegiance to the Cunninghames and to the Earl of Glencairn. He escapes the bloody aftermath of a massacre, but cannot escape the disdain of the wife he sought to protect, nor inner conflict, as he wrestles with his conscience, with divided loyalties and, most dangerous of all, a growing friendship with the rival Montgomerie clan.

Set against the backdrop of the turmoil of the closing years of the sixteenth century, Turn of the Tide follows the fortunes of a fictional family trapped at the centre of a notorious historic feud. Known as the Ayrshire Vendetta, it began in the 15th century and wasn’t finally resolved until the latter part of the 17th, the Cunninghames and Montgomeries dubbed the ‘Montagues and Capulets’ of Ayrshire.

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