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Gallows Herd
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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Maureen Peters
90 books26 followersMaureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.
She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education. For some time she taught disabled children, and then took up writing. She has produced many books and contributed short stories to many magazines. Peters is also known as a Bronte scholar.
Her novels, which easily number over one hundred, have often focused on royalty, mostly the War of the Roses and Tudor period, and cover the lives of Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, as well as of other famous and less famous historical figures such as Edward II of England, the many Queen consorts of various Kings of England. Apart from biographical fiction on royalty (written under her own name), she also wrote Gothic romances, family sagas, Mills & Boon series titles, and contemporary mysteries.
She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education. For some time she taught disabled children, and then took up writing. She has produced many books and contributed short stories to many magazines. Peters is also known as a Bronte scholar.
Her novels, which easily number over one hundred, have often focused on royalty, mostly the War of the Roses and Tudor period, and cover the lives of Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, as well as of other famous and less famous historical figures such as Edward II of England, the many Queen consorts of various Kings of England. Apart from biographical fiction on royalty (written under her own name), she also wrote Gothic romances, family sagas, Mills & Boon series titles, and contemporary mysteries.
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September 16, 2019
This is a historical fiction novel set in the unrest of the Scottish Highlands. It follows a mute orphan girl with a not-quite-fleshed-out origin who is adopted into Clan MacDonald, and tells the story of her upbringing among a strong clan in a tumultuous time in history: what we know today as the last days of the clans.
The story uses this fictitious mute girl to explore real historical characters and events, culminating in the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. I enjoyed the setting immensely-- you really get a good sense of the setting and what life was like for these people in those days, and for the events leading up to a very tragic period in time. This book will give you a pretty historically accurate understanding of the events it covers, and while it sometimes feels a bit like a fantasy due to some not-quite-fleshed-out elements, it fits the mood well. It's a beautiful, sad book, and added to my understanding of the time period. A good read, but might make you cry.
The story uses this fictitious mute girl to explore real historical characters and events, culminating in the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. I enjoyed the setting immensely-- you really get a good sense of the setting and what life was like for these people in those days, and for the events leading up to a very tragic period in time. This book will give you a pretty historically accurate understanding of the events it covers, and while it sometimes feels a bit like a fantasy due to some not-quite-fleshed-out elements, it fits the mood well. It's a beautiful, sad book, and added to my understanding of the time period. A good read, but might make you cry.
May 8, 2009
It was my Mom's book. I read it as a teenager.
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