{"product_id":"this-door-of-the-seas-val-mcdermid-9780802168375","title":"This Door of the Seas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An immersive tale of betrayal and injustice that reverberates with a howl of anguish three centuries old.\"--Chris Brookmyre, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cracked Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom internationally bestselling author Val McDermid and Geographer Royal of Scotland Jo Sharp, a heart-wrenching novella about an ill-fated colonial scheme that bankrupted a country and forever altered the trajectory of history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the seventeenth century, a brave group of Scots sail for a jungle-coastline on the other side of the world, the junction between North and South America. Their objective: to establish a trading colony that would assure their hard-strapped country's future, as the East India Company had done for England. Their plan? To open a passage through Panama, a true \"door of the seas and key to the universe.\" Instead, what begins as a dream of prosperity quickly turns into a nightmare that bankrupts an already impoverished nation and propels it towards political union with England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as a series of letters home from expedition scientist Dr. James Wallace to his wife Eliza and Sir Robert Sibbald, Scotland's first Geographer Royal, \u003ci\u003eThis Door of the Seas\u003c\/i\u003e offers a devastating account of the infamous Darien Scheme, the colonial misadventure that completely changed the history of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Val McDermid,Jo Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080216837X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802168375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Val McDermid","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852725858559,"sku":"9780802168375","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-door-of-the-seas-val-mcdermid-9780802168375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}