In a Scotland wracked by the last throes of the Jacobite rebellion, a
tragic tale of ambition, politics, betrayals and love unfolds. Book
one of two. Scotland, 1743. In Blackwater Castle, in the Highlands,
the Duke of Plaxton is looking for a new portrait painter. A member
of Clan Grant, supporters of the Act of Union with England, the duke
has a son, William, whose heart leans towards the Jacobite cause, and
a daughter, Amelia, betrothed to an English lord she has never met.
It’s there, in this crucible of rebellion and ambitions, that arrives
Joseph Callander, local boy back from years spent in Italy, and
talented painter …
