The Piper's Tune - Hardcover

Stirling, Jessica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312288700 ISBN 13: 9780312288709

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2002

Synopsis

Jessica Stirling's Glasgow comes to scintillating life in a story of love and fortune set in Edwardian Scotland.

Lindsay Franklin's life is an adventure she has just begun to enjoy. At eighteen, Arthur Franklin's cosseted daughter has left her Glasgow school and finds her role as a marriageable young lady with a widowed father more than agreeable. And the source of her family's wealth, the Franklins' shipbuilding yard on Clydeside, is prospering as the long peace of Queen Victoria's reign gives way to the feverish arms race of the new century.

But Lindsay's life takes an unexpected turn when she is given a share of the family business. Equally unexpected is the appearance of Forbes McCullough, her charming Irish cousin whose attentions she secretly welcomes. To everyone's surprise, Lindsay decides to master the family business as carefully as her male cousins. What is not surprising is that several eligible men have decided that it is time to master Lindsay.

As the mysteries of shipbuilding open to her, and the puzzle of male behavior becomes both more fascinating and more dangerous, Lindsay is forced to make some fateful decisions.

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About the Author

Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of twenty-one heartwarming novels, many with Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career as a writer, beginning with the bestselling Stalker trilogy The Spoiled Earth, The Hiring Fair, and The Dark Pasture. Her most recent novels are The Island Wife and The Wind from the Hills, set on the island of Mull, and Prized Possessions, a story of Glasgow in the 1920s and 1930s.

From Booklist

The role of the upper-middle-class woman in Glasgow, Scotland, at the turn of the century is narrowly defined, and 18-year-old Lindsay Franklin's only release comes when she is given a share in the family's shipbuilding business. She starts to attend meetings and finds herself surprisingly interested in the company and her newfound younger cousin from Ireland, Forbes McCullough. A handsome rogue, he pits Lindsay against her equally smitten cousin, Cissie. She senses that there's something a little off about him, but he's very attractive and her grandfather seems to approve, so, in spite of her misgivings, she becomes engaged. Forbes is a scoundrel who genuinely likes Lindsay but wants her for mercenary reasons. They marry, but has Lindsay found love and contentment or does she have to look elsewhere? Stirling brings the Edwardian age to life through her depiction of everyday lives, enhancing the reader's sympathetic response to her characters' hopes and aspirations. Patty Engelmann
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About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312288700
• ISBN 13: 9780312288709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480