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Here Burns My Candle
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Liz Curtis Higgs
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
A mother who cannot face her future.
A daughter who cannot escape her past.
Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her. Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips. His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath her floor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions are maintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, Marjory’s many regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.
One by one the Kerr family secrets begin to surface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September 1745, intent on capturing the crown.
A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of 18th-century Scotland, Here Burns My Candle illumines the dark side of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the way home.
Includes a bonus PDF with a listener's guide, glossary, and map
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Critic reviews
"Higgs is a stickler for period authenticity and has done her homework on history and dialect. Fans have been waiting five years for this novel and will not be disappointed." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Julie S.
- 09-08-21
A well researched novel
Whilst slow at times, this was nonetheless a lovely story. Will read more LCH.
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- Kas
- 04-01-21
Narration is appalling
I don’t review very often, but this is one of my exceptions. The narration is abysmal and quite insulting to the Scottish accent. Author/narrator pronounces the surname of the main characters incorrectly - she says Kurr and not Kerr, and as this name is used in almost every sentence, it is very hard to focus on the story and ignore the mispronunciation. The pronunciation of place names is also gratingly wrong. The Americanised Scottish accent is just awful. I have tried to persevere with this one but I can’t get past the narration - it may be a good novel, but sadly I can’t continue to find out. The quotes at the beginning of each chapter I also find quite irritating and add nothing to the story. Unfortunately this will be one book that I return. If bad Scottish accents do not bother you, then ignore this review. If you like authenticity, then perhaps read the book rather than listen to it.
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