This novel spans a year in the lives of the people of a small 17th-century village, Strath. The villagers strive to maintain their community in the face of relentless hardship, clan-fighting, disease and the marauding army of Montrose. Bess Ross is the author of A Bit of Crack and Car Culture.
Bess Ross (b. 1945) is a Scottish writer. One of nine children, she was brought up on the coast of the Moray Firth. Forced by economic circumstances to leave school and earn money as a domestic worker, she returned to Ross-shire and got married.