The Blessing of Burntisland
Reviews and Endorsements
'Original and unpredictable - Jenny Stanton pulls moments of the seventeenth century towards the present delicately, on thin threads of emotional silk, touching what it was like to feel like a person caught up in the throes of Charles I's reign. The result is a haunting book that overlays the everyday modern world with the spiritual and emotional importance of the past, and constantly tempts the reader to read on. And it raises hairs on the back of the neck in the moments where the past and the present collide - always with surprising results.'
- Ian Mortimer, historian, author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
'Highly imaginative and deftly plotted, once started, The Blessing of Burntisland is very hard to put down. Stylishly written and peopled with richly drawn, unusual characters; it is suspenseful, inventive, and often dryly funny. A wonderful debut novel. I loved it.'
- Lucie Whitehouse, author of The Bed I Made