Set aside Shakespeare's portrait of a savage, murderous, ambitious King. Read instead of his struggle to make and save a united Scotland.

    War, secrets and betrayal cast a shadow over the Maclarens from the battlefield to the drawing-room. Young Andrew Maclaren, a brave yet sensitive soldier, faces the danger of conflicts in India and China. He must choose between the regiment he serves and the woman he loves. Willie Bruce, Andrew's childhood friend and fellow soldier, discovers loyalty is not always rewarded. Maud Westburn, beautiful but damaged, is the woman who loves them both. Will this love tear a family, and a regiment, apart? A sweeping saga about passion and honour, and the senseless brutality of war.

    During the evacuation of children from Edinburgh in the early days of World War II, shy, wealthy Margaret on her way to relatives in Canada trades places and identities with the orphaned Shona bound for the Scottish countryside.

    This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.

    

     Sandia has always struggled to come to terms with Kirsten’s freethinking, starting a campaign that would continue throughout their lives. Sandia’s parents, Jack and Clemmie Kilgour, are shocked at Sandia’s antics. As the eldest, she was expected to set an example for her younger siblings. Kirsten, adamant and head-strong, is progressively increasing her awareness of the hardships children face in Glasgow. Tired of seeing the dampening of women’s rights, she approaches Duncan Fleming and his wife, Josie, with the intention of going into the political side of things to fight for women’s rights. As Duncan Fleming goes deeper into politics, he has his wife’s full support and backing. Soon Josie is directing Duncan and pushing him in the right direction, to the point she becomes the backbone of everything he achieves. But life isn’t as rosy at it seems. Duncan and Kirsten fall in love and have a child. A child neither of them can raise due to their political standing. Josie, ignoring her suspicions, continues to support Duncan. As the years go by, Duncan and Josie’s daughter, Carlie, finds herself following in the footsteps of her parents. Aware of the on goings between her father and Kirsten, she is wary of hurting her mother by becoming friendly with Kirsten. But they share a similar drive for the women’s rights movements – it’s only natural they should become friends. Sandia, having cared for her mother until her death, finds herself free at last. Eager to make a standing for herself, she sets up tea-rooms, with the help of the aging Mr Beltry, who later becomes her husband and leaves her a rich, childless widow… As the intricacies and cross-family relations disperse and re-convene, the underlying political standpoint and campaigns drive natural relations apart. But love is stronger Until the war forms an unbreakable wedge. Praise for Jan Webster ‘Remarkable… the characters come over as real people.’ – Jessica Stirling ‘A rich book, full of character and action.’ – Daily Mirror 'Stunning... a first novel of genius.' - Daily Express Jan Webster was bom in 1924 in Blantyre, in the heart of the Lanarkshire coalfields. Her father died when she was fifteen. She was educated at St John’s Grammar School, Hamilton, and Hamilton Academy. On leaving school she worked as a journalist in Glasgow and London. Jan Webster sold her first short story at the age of seventeen, and has had many published and broadcast since then.Saturday City is the second novel in a trilogy that begins with Colliers Row and ends with Beggar Man’s Country.

    With the flair for which he is so admired, he plays the part of guide, philosopher and friend to the intelligent traveller, armchair or otherwise. Russia’s past has the strongest possible bearing on her present, and by extension, her future. This striking continuity together with its many and varied implications, forms the central theme of this intriguing and immensely readable book.