News of the Dead

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James Robertson, the author, deftly weaves together three different plotlines from different eras in history. James Robertson is an extremely fine novelist and more than once has been described as a chronicler of Scotland. Her tory is important and will be woven into the tale of Glen Conach, and will become part of its history. Gibb’s dubious motives colour our reading of his translation, which already contains the sort of fantastical miracles you’d expect of any hagiography, such as the resurrection of dead animals and the curing of a young woman’s blindness. And I like stories which, without being too prescriptive about it, interlink a few different things.

Book review: News of the Dead, by James Robertson - The Scotsman

There is no real way of proving which is the correct version, but everyone is involved, and everyone contributes to the history of where they live.I felt it was different from James Robertson's other books I have read but still held the same themes. James Robertson’s novel draws us gently back to contemplate the importance of place and nature in our lives.

News of the Dead - Kindle edition by Robertson, James News of the Dead - Kindle edition by Robertson, James

Whether you’re looking for your next steamy romance, an excuse to cry ugly tears or want to be whisked away to a new magical realm, we have something for you. The whole thing works rather better than that description would suggest, and my respect for Robertson's ability as a storyteller is still growing.An examination of the portrait for restoration purposes showed that e had been covered up by a layer of dirt. Greig’s young protagonist, off to university at St Andrews, knows full well the dangers of saying the wrong thing when asked about his religion (“the most personal and dangerous question of the times”). In our own restless, shifting times many of us have lost any sense of rootedness to a particular place. In ancient Britain, the hermit Saint Conach performs impossible miracles, which survive as legend in ‘The Book of Glen Conach’. In the early Middle Ages in Pictland, there’s the Christian hermit, Conach, whose signs and miracles performed in Glen are made legendary through ancient writings in a text known as “The Book of Conach.

News of the Dead by James Robertson - Fantastic Fiction News of the Dead by James Robertson - Fantastic Fiction

This book looks at the ways stories are passed on through generations, how they connect the past and present, how they change and evolve with each retelling.The film also sees the screen debut of 8-year-old Emily Goudie who plays the ghost, while 88-year-old Montrose resident Nancy Baillie provides the voice for the fictional Maja.