{"product_id":"jamie-macgillivray-paperback","title":"Jamie Macgillivray - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Sayles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It gets under the skin of this extraordinary time in a way that few historical novels do. Sayles writes superbly about the confusion of warfare and deals equally well with the horrors of the plantations...This is a first-rate historical novel told with wit, verve and a subtle understanding of the mechanics of the genre.' - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"John Sayles is a living master.\" - Jennifer Haigh, author of \u003ci\u003eFaith\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John Sayles's thrilling historical and cinematic epic invites comparison with Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin, Phillippa Gregory, and Charles Dickens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, the last desperate stand of the Stuart 'pretender' to the throne of the Three Kingdoms, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his rabidly loyal supporters. Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown, the novel's eponymous hero, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison (central to Charles Dickens's \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e) where he cheats the hangman a second time before being sentenced to transportation and indentured servitude in colonial America \"for the term of his natural life.\" His travels are paralleled by those of Jenny Ferguson, a poor, village girl swept up on false charges by the English and also sent in chains to the New World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The novel follows Jamie and Jenny through servitude, revolt, escape, and romantic entanglements -- pawns in a deadly game. The two continue to cross paths with each other and with some of the leading figures of the era- the devious Lord Lovat, future novelist Henry Fielding, the artist William Hogarth, a young and ambitious George Washington, the doomed General James Wolfe, and the Lenape chief feared throughout the Ohio Valley as Shingas the Terrible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA DELUXE EDITION \u003c\/b\u003ewith a brilliant design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e700 PAGES\u003c\/b\u003e of a thrilling, historical, and cinematic epic!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sayles\u003c\/b\u003e is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for \u003ci\u003ePassion Fish\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eLone Star\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). He has written seven novels, the most recent being \u003ci\u003eYellow Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eA Moment in the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755527536928,"sku":"9781685891428","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9ae4679b091fdd0b78c10b742f3dc7c1.webp?v=1780061308","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jamie-macgillivray-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}