Kingdom of Shadows

by Barbara Erskine (Author)

• Used

  Mass Market Paperback
  1989

  $3.25

  Clare Royland uses her fantasies of the past as a means to escape the pain of the present. But when she finds the present - and her part in it - can no longer be ignored, the past she has unleashed can no longer be controlled. A powerful drama unfolds, set against a background of the Scottish oil industry, intrigue and fraud in the City. As Clare's marriage becomes more sterile, she is drawn into a relationship with Neil, a passionate conservationist opposed to her husband's views on oil, money and land. But she is also drawn ever-closer to the life of Isobel of Fife, Countess of Buchan, a contemporary of Robert Bruce, who lived in Scotland six hundred years before Claire was born.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $28.39

  Barbara Erskine's classic bestseller, the successor to Lady of Hay, at last available as a HarperCollins paperback. In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful -- but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify -- but also powerfully compel -- her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers. In 1306, Scotland is at war. Isobel, Countess of Buchan, faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting surrounds her. But passionate and headstrong, her trials escalate when she is persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce, her lover. Duncairn, Isobel's home and Clare's beloved heritage, becomes a battleground for passions that span the centuries. As husband Paul's recklessness threatens their security, Clare must fight to save Duncairn, and to save herself from the powers of Isobel...

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $14.04

  Gorgeous repackage of Barbara Erskine's first novel, blending history, family legacy and contemporary passion In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful - but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify - but also powerfully compel - her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers. In 1306, Scotland is at war. Isobel, Countess of Buchan, faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting surrounds her. But passionate and headstrong, her trials escalate when she is persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce, her lover. Duncairn, Isobel's home and Clare's beloved heritage, becomes a battleground for passions that span the centuries. As husband Paul's recklessness threatens their security, Clare must fight to save Duncairn, and to save herself from the powers of Isobel...