{"product_id":"fire-in-their-hearts-philip-paris-9781785307751","title":"Fire in Their Hearts","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;'A gripping story'  - The Scotsman\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;'A poignant love story suffused with a deep, moving humanity' - The Herald\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;'A memorable novel' - The Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;SCOTLAND, 1662.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Hunted, held prisoner and banished for a belief...\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;As civil war rages and King Charles II tightens his grip on the Church of Scotland, childhood sweethearts Violet and Samuel are swept into a violent struggle for religious freedom. They pledge their hearts to each other - and to a cause that will test their faith, courage and love beyond measure.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hunted as rebels, imprisoned behind the walls of the infamous Greyfriars Kirkyard and torn from their homeland, Violet and Samuel are sentenced to a life of indentured servitude on the brutal sugar plantations of Barbados. But when their ship wrecks off the coast of Orkney, they become separated.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Alone and captive in a foreign land, Violet must summon every ounce of strength to survive the horrors she faces - and to cling to the hope that Samuel is still alive. Can love endure across oceans, through wars and captivity?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A Fire in Their Hearts is a powerful, epic tale of love, faith and survival, inspired by the extraordinary true events of the seventeenth-century Killing Times, by the bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Last Witch of Scotland\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2024.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Heartfelt and devastating\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; . . . Philip Paris's remarkable story-telling brings some of the darkest episodes in Scottish history memorably to light.'\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;S.G. MacLEAN\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Bookseller of Inverness\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;'\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;An utterly heart-wrenching novel.'\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;FIONA VALPY\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Sky Beneath Us\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Touching and dramatic . . . A beautifully written page-turner.\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; Highly recommended.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;' \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;ELISABETH GIFFORD, \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Lost Lights of St Kilda\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941966741792,"sku":"9781785307751","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781785307751_2918176.jpg?v=1785206785","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/fire-in-their-hearts-philip-paris-9781785307751","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}