Between Ourselves - Donald Smith
This passionate new novel by Donald Smith imaginatively fills in the gaps between Robert Burns’ correspondence with his many friends and lovers. It focuses on the poet’s six-month stay in Edinburgh in the late 18th century, a time when the rich and illustrious rubbed elbows in the New Town salons while the rest lived amidst the dark closes and alleys of the city’s underbelly, dodging gardez-loo and keeping the pubs in business. Drawn to the taverns and the working girls, Burns finds himself caught up in danger, mystery, and, ultimately, love.
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