Wouldn't you love to be in a wild, windy village in Scotland exploring the ancient mysteries of a beautiful estate? Susannah Kearsley can take you there! Kearsley, in this reissued novel from 1999, combines archaeology, history, the paranormal, romantic rivalries, and suspense into one wonderful, atmospheric story. Archaeologist Verity Grey is invited by an old colleague/lover to join an eccentric millionaire on his quest for evidence of an ancient Roman campsite on his property. While physical evidence that the 9th Legion camped there is sparse, the ghostly soldier who patrols the field and the shadowy horses that gallup past Verity's window at night all point to the presence of some sort of ancient Roman presence. As Verity's attraction to handsome fellow archaeologist David Fortune grows, so does her feeling that the ghostly soldier is trying urgently to communicate that something is very wrong at the dig, something that needs to be discovered before disaster strikes. Kearsley's prose, as always, is lovely, and the reader will enjoy a lyrical mix of past and present, suspense and romance, all wrapped up in the lush landscape of Scotland.
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