The Camerons

509 pp. "This is the story of Maggie Drum, of Gillon Cameron, of their seven sons and daughters, through twenty years of conflict, vicissitude, and the forging of final loyalties. Their Scotland is brought alive, from the darkness and dangers of the pits to clear salmon streams beyond, from the poor, dark alleys of Pitmungo to the richness of Lord Fyffe's Brunie Hall, as in scene after memorable scene, Robert Crichton's narrative genius -- his gift for drama charged with feeling -- binds the reader to the lives and fates of The Camerons."