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Description:This huge novel, closer in scope to a Russian epic than to any English counterpart, opens at the turn of the century in the extreme poverty of the Rhinns of Galloway in southern Scotland.A thinly disguised autobiographical tale, The Land of the Leal narrates the journey of Jean Ramsay, an aggressively practical woman from a peasant background, and her weak-willed, poetic husband, David. It spans three-quarters of a century of Scottish life, tracing the couple's wanderings from the idyll of their childhood in Galloway, through work for the landed gentry in the Borders and Fife, to their fall from grace in the depression years in industrial Glasgow. Inevitably, as their children are born and grow up and as the years slip away, their rural background becomes another Eden, yet Barke keeps sentimentality in check with his reflective description of the changing face of Scottish society, in which Jean and David are pawns in the development of economic cause and political effect.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Land of the Leal. To get started finding The Land of the Leal, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This huge novel, closer in scope to a Russian epic than to any English counterpart, opens at the turn of the century in the extreme poverty of the Rhinns of Galloway in southern Scotland.A thinly disguised autobiographical tale, The Land of the Leal narrates the journey of Jean Ramsay, an aggressively practical woman from a peasant background, and her weak-willed, poetic husband, David. It spans three-quarters of a century of Scottish life, tracing the couple's wanderings from the idyll of their childhood in Galloway, through work for the landed gentry in the Borders and Fife, to their fall from grace in the depression years in industrial Glasgow. Inevitably, as their children are born and grow up and as the years slip away, their rural background becomes another Eden, yet Barke keeps sentimentality in check with his reflective description of the changing face of Scottish society, in which Jean and David are pawns in the development of economic cause and political effect.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Land of the Leal. To get started finding The Land of the Leal, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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