Books tagged as: history
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A Proper Person to be Detained
Catherine Czerkawska
“Stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons … [a book] clearly destined to be remembered … Cat...
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Down to the Sea
Sue Lawrence
"A haunting, moving story." Kirsty Wark
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The Walrus Mutterer
Mandy Haggith
“A gripping, haunting and, at times, visceral novel… Lyrical and poetic prose, the author has created a c...
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The Island in Imagination and Experience
Barry Smith
"Magisterial… A harrowing, enthralling piece of work that bears comparison with John Prebble’s equally de...
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For Jean
"Novelist Catherine Czerkawska has done the Belle of Mauchline a service by gathering all the poems and lette...
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Castles in the Mist
Robin Noble
Saltire Society History Book of the Year 2016, SHORTLISTED
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A Handbook of Scotland’s History
Michael Kerrigan
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The Four Marys
Jean Rafferty
'Rafferty shows all the vivid hues ... gutsy and red-blooded ... the titular fourth tale is superb.' - Alan B...
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Catherine Czerkawska
Catherine Czerkawska is a Scottish-based novelist and playwright who has written plays for the stage and for BBC radio and television, and published eight works of fiction.
Her latest book, A Proper Person to be Detained, is something of a departure: it tells the true story of the murder of her great-great-uncle in 19th-century Leeds.
Catherine’s novels include The Physic Garden, The Jewel, and The Curiosity Cabinet, which was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize. Her latest novel, The Posy Ring, is the beginning of a trilogy set on the same Scottish island featured in The Curiosity Cabinet. She has edited For Jean, a collection of Robert Burns’ poetry and songs written for his wife, and Catherine’s short stories have been published in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies.
Catherine has taught creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and spent four years as Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of the West of Scotland. When not writing, she collects and deals in the antique textiles that often find their way into her fiction.
