A Fire in Their Hearts - Claiming their freedom was their only crime

Locked in the hold when the crew abandons their ship, The Crown of London,Violet and Samuel cling to each other as the doomed vessel breaks up on rocks off the islands of Orkney.

About the author

Highland-based author Philip Paris is best known for his books about Orkney's famous WW2 Italian chapel, the historical fiction The Italian Chapel and the non-fiction Orkney's Italian Chapel: The True Story of an Icon. His varied work includes Men Cry Alone, a contemporary novel that broke new ground in raising the profile of domestic abuse against men and which won the 2019 Scottish Association of Writers' Barbara Hammond trophy. Casting Off, a hilarious novel about residents in a Highland care home, was based on his sell-out stage play of the same name.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Paris, Paris Philip
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781785307744
• ISBN: 978-1-78530-774-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, Fiction & related items, Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Scottish, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction and Related items