This Door of the Seas

Val McDermid

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The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle-coastline at the junction between the continents of North and South America. And most of us know next to nothing about it. Now it's time to remedy that. Novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in this revelatory novella to trace the story of Scotland's only trading colony, which turned from a dream of prosperity to a nightmare that bankrupted an already impoverished nation and propelled it towards political union with England.

Author(s): McDermid, Val
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 06/08/2026
Pagination: pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Birlinn
Published By: Birlinn
Book Classification: Thriller / suspense fiction|Historical adventure fiction|Historical fiction|European history
Dimensions: 20
Weight:
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781846977466

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