{"product_id":"echoes-on-a-fractal-line-lee-anne-mcaulay-9781068374708","title":"Echoes on a Fractal Line","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it take to preserve the past? What will it cost to protect the future? Follow the echoes through time and find out...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is a love letter to strong women and to Scotland'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Two timelines, past and present, weave together to reveal an amazing mystery'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'History doesn't always stay in the past tense...'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'If you enjoyed Outlander then you'll love this'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe compelling and heartbreaking historical mystery debut from Lee-Anne McAulay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between the present and 1715 the stories of four women are woven together by circumstance. Set in the sweeping landscape of central Scotland against the backdrop of the '15 Jacobite uprising. Jeannie Kellie and Mairead Erskine are caught in a desperate battle to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the present Hazel Rankin and Dr Lauren McDonald begin a project at Alloa Tower connecting people to the lives of those in the past. When a body is discovered, the women soon discover that shadows from their own pasts have resurfaced with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnited by a desire to save historic sites from mothballs or developers Hazel and Lauren search for the stories of ordinary people in extraordinary times. It soon becomes clear that not everybody wants them to succeed. The discovery of the body brings the project to a standstill and their funding is threatened. Determined to make their project a success they follow the threads of the mystery and what they discover holds deep echoes of their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1715 Mairead Erskine arrives at the tower as her husband is given command of the Erskine family seat of power. Feeling the pressure to prove her worth Mairead clashes with healer and midwife Jeannie Kellie. When their Laird turns his coat and leads an uprising to overthrow King George the women find themselves in the path of the coming war. Thrown together they work to keep the inhabitants of the tower safe and well, risking everything for those in their care. When the tower falls they soon realise that neither a family name nor skill as a healer will keep them safe from the Redcoat soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee-Anne McAulay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1068374705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781068374708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wee Writing Bureau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.87d","brand":"Lee-Anne McAulay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659816907007,"sku":"9781068374708","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/echoes-on-a-fractal-line-lee-anne-mcaulay-9781068374708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}