A bonfire in the snow (Corrag)
Susan Fletcher
Translation: Suzanne Mayoux
Plon - collection Crossfire - 08/10 - 400 pages - 22 euros
A freedom that ignites.
England of the seventeenth century is in the heart of power struggles under way since the death of the great Queen Elizabeth.
Jacques II, son of Mary Stuart, was ousted from the throne by William III of Orange. Refugee in France, he is biding his time in having allies Jacobites who spy on the island malpractice actions against his side by his opponent.
One of the more sordid is the massacre of Glencoe, where a whole clan of Highlanders were killed by soldiers that they had received under the rules of Scottish hospitality.
A fatal for these mingles that of a young English: Corrag.
It will become an inconvenient witness for investigators of the massacre, but its profile of free and independent woman makes her an ideal candidate for a quick condemnation to the stake for witchcraft. But
Corrag know, thanks to a prediction that he made, that a man is on his way to hear and listen in the solitude of his dungeon grime. And this man named Charles Leslie, at least do as well as its allies called Jacobites. It is a secret mission to establish the truth about the massacre.
To do this he must meet Corrag. But this devout Catholic it is difficult at the beginning of their interviews to listen to this woman's prevarication impious. But Corrag, feeling his end was near, would like to leave a trace and to do that she will tell her story, and since the beginning.
An invigorating burst of wind will rush into your skirts and your breeches!
A great novel where magnificent nature is enhanced by the narrative that is both simple and deep This young woman without God or master who has the freedom as one watchword.
The construction of the novel is on the succession of monologues Corrag, which all have a title plant together with medicinal properties thereof, with the letters that Charles Leslie sends his wife remained in Ireland. He recounts his difficult journey Jacobite spy and the evolution of his gaze on this woman so unusual for him and his contemporaries.
You come out with more soul left by the free woman and so beautiful in its fight for freedom to be herself.
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