BOOKMARK March 2024 Book recommendations
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March titles
All books are available from Waterstones in Perth and Adventure Into Books in Blairgowrie.
The Stone of Destiny & The Scots by John Hulbert
(Tippermuir Books, 2024)
History
The Stone of Destiny and the Scots by John Hulbert (ISBN: 9781913836177, paperback). Explores the intrigues and controversies about the stone’s origins, the role it played in early Scottish history, and its modern-day adventures as it finally returns home to take up residence in the new Perth Museum.
The Mysterious Case of the Stone of Destiny by David Maule
(Tippermuir Books, 2024)
Historical Fiction
The Mysterious Case of the Stone of Destiny: a new historical detective whodunnit by David Maule (ISBN: 9781913836269, paperback). Explores the intrigues and controversies about the stone’s origins, the role it played in early Scottish history, and its modern-day adventures as it finally returns home to take up residence in the new Perth Museum.
Scotland's Stone of Destiny by Nick Aitchinson
(The History Press, 2010)
History
Scotland’s Stone of Destiny by Nick Aitchinson (ISBN: 9780752450346, paperback), which again charts the history of the stone from times of myth to the modern day.
19th Century Female Explorers by Caroline Roop
(Pen & Sword, 2023)
History
19th Century Female Explorers by Caroline Roope (ISBN: 9781399006866, hardback). Among many adventures, this book invites us to journey to far-flung places with the humble missionary Annie Royle Taylor, defy convention with the knife-wielding Lady Hester Stanhope and survive the Canadian wilderness with Susanna Moodie.
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
(Hodder & Stoughton, 2022)
Fiction
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan (ISBN: 9781529336221, paperback). It’s 1822 and Edinburgh’s botanists are abuzz with excitement at the impeding and rare flowering of the Agave Americana plant in the city’s new Botanic Garden. Elizabeth, an artist, recently settled in the city, sets out to capture the moment, and in the Garden meets the vivacious perfumier, Belle, who has her own, undeclared, reason for being there. A captivating tonic of a story.
The Secrets of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan
(Hodder & Stoughton, 2024)
Fiction
The Secrets of Blythswood Square (ISBN: 9781399701570, hardback). Already getting great reviews, this story is set in Glasgow in 1846: curtains are twitching as the whiff of scandal circulates round the square and reputations are put at risk. Secrets and intrigue, friendship and freedom. Sounds like a great read.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
(Pan Macmillan, 2024)
Fiction
The Women by Kristin Hannah (ISBN: 9781035005673, hardback). It’s 1965 and US Army Nurse Frankie McGrath follows her brother out to Vietnam. In the midst of the overwhelming chaos and destruction of war, and the devasting aftermath it leaves, Frankie finds friendship and love in all its uplifting and heartbreaking guises.