The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

by Shona Maclean | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1847247911 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 4/22/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Is the young man simply drunk or does his staggering walk suggest something more sinister? When he collapses in front of the two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess rightly that he's been poisoned.

So begins this gripping tale set in the town of Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. The body of the victim, the apothecary's apprentice, is found in the house of Alexander Seaton - a fallen minister, the discovery of whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced and deprived him of his vocation.

Why was the body moved to Seaton's house?
What is the significance of the unusual poison used to kill him?
And why would anyone want to murder this likeable young man?

Seaton sets out to find answers to these and many other questions, embarking on a journey where he encounters the witch hunt, extreme religious prejudice, cruelty and the darkness in men's souls.

It is also a personal quest that leads Alexander to the rediscovery of his faith in God and his belief in himself.

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 14, 2013
Started this a few weeks back but couldn't get into it, maybe someone else will enjoy it more....

Journal Entry 3 by wingPlum-crazywing at BCUK Unconvention 2013 in Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 14, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (9/27/2013 UTC) at BCUK Unconvention 2013 in Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom

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To be released onto the buffet table at the BCUK Unconvention. If it's not picked up by a bookcrosser it will be released into the wild when we undertake our release walk......wherever you found it please let us know it's safe with you :o)




Released as part of the SEPTEMBER SAPPHIRE Challenge (#35)

Journal Entry 4 by wingyorkshire-lasswing at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Sunday, September 29, 2013
Picked up from the buffet table, how unsurprising that one of only two books I picked up was one of yours! As the book mountain is huge it may be a while before I get the chance to read it.
It was lovely to meet you at last, it's a pity we live so far apart the odd meet up would be fun :-)

Journal Entry 5 by wingyorkshire-lasswing at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Sunday, October 15, 2017
Got to this at last!
I'm not sure what to make of this book, it should hve been just my sort of book, but it took me weeks to read it.

Journal Entry 6 by wingyorkshire-lasswing at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Thursday, October 4, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/4/2018 UTC) at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom

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Going into the Bookring with a name in the title.

Journal Entry 7 by Ythan at Ellon, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, October 8, 2018
I picked this one out of rodespringbal's Name Bookring. I chose this one as I had already read the other book in the envelope.

I was at the Leeds Unconvention also but I have no memory of seeing this, most likely as I am not familiar with the author or yorkshire-lass already picked it up before I got to the buffet table.

I see this book is set in Banff, less than an hour's drive from where I live. I've never been there in the 17th Century but I have visited it in both the 20th and 21st Centuries, I might try to see if I can find some photos of the town in that era and compare them with how the town looks today.

Thank you for sending on.

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