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This Door of the Seas: Darkland Tales
By (author) Val McDermid, By (author) Jo Sharp
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The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland’s future. 'A powerfully clear account . . . Highly recommended for anyone interested in the colonial history of Scotland' – Paterson Joseph, actor and author of the award-winning The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho It took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle-coastline at the junction between the continents of North and South America. And most of us know next to nothing about it. Now it’s time to remedy that. Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in this revelatory novella to trace the story of Scotland’s only trading colony, which turned from a dream of prosperity to a nightmare that bankrupted an already impoverished nation and propelled it towards political union with England. Written as a series of letters home from expedition scientist Dr James Wallace to his wife Eliza and Sir Robert Sibbald, the first Geographer Royal, this epistolary tale offers a devastating account of the forces that doomed the endeavour and completely changed the history of the British Isles in the process.
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Publisher | Birlinn General
Published date | 6 Aug 2026
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 160
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 264g
ISBN | 978-1-8469-7746-6
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BISAC | fiction / action & adventure
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