Hailes Castle, 1511. Midnight on a doom-laden Halloween and Elisabeth Hepburn, feisty daughter of the Earl of Bothwell, makes a wish--to wed her lover, the poet David Lindsay. But her uncle has other plans. To safeguard the interests of the Hepburn family, she is to become a nun and succeed her aunt as Prioress of St. Mary's Abbey, Haddington. However, plunged into the political maelstrom and religious turmoil of the early Scottish Reformation, her life there is hardly one of quiet contemplation. But her greatest struggle is against her godson, John Knox. Witnessing his rejection of the Roman Catholic Church, she despairs that the sins of her past may have contributed to his present disenchantment. As he purges himself from the puddle of papistry, Knox finds his voice, denouncing everything he once held dear, but will that include his godmother, Prioress Elisabeth?
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Marie Gilroy Macpherson crea ficción histórica que profundiza en figuras y eventos cruciales de la historia escocesa. Sus narrativas se caracterizan por una profunda comprensión del contexto histórico y una meticulosa representación de los personajes. La autora se centra en las vidas e impactos de individuos significativos que dieron forma al pasado de Escocia. Su enfoque de la escritura ofrece a los lectores una perspectiva cautivadora de la historia.
