The Gilded Fleece

A story set in Wester Ross in 1809, when the fear of a Napoleonic invasion was widespread and rocketing meat and wool prices encouraged many landowners to begin clearing the highlands for sheep farming. Adam Metcalfe is sent to work as Deputy Factor of Menardmore on the estate of Lord Alcaster.

Summary

A story set in Wester Ross in 1809, when the fear of a Napoleonic invasion was widespread and rocketing meat and wool prices encouraged many landowners to begin clearing the highlands for sheep farming. Adam Metcalfe is sent to work as Deputy Factor of Menardmore on the estate of Lord Alcaster.

Product details

• Authors: Tranter Nigel, Nigel Tranter
• Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781873631133
• ISBN: 978-1-873631-13-3
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 cm
• Subjects: FICTION / Historical / General; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); FICTION / Literary; Modern and contemporary fiction; Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary