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Against the background of the daunting Scottish Highlands, young Kate attempts to create a new life with her mild-mannered man, who has considered a teaching position at the local boys' school. The tiny glen is lairded by Macalister - young and attractive - with whom Kate becomes ever more obsessed, and since she navigates the sinister gamekeeper, the hostile better half of the headmaster, and the gay sports teacher at the school, the revelation of dark secrets leads to an abrupt and violent climax. Praised by critics for his clean prose style, characterisation, and the strong sense of put in place his novels, Philip Maitland Hubbard was born in Reading, Berkshire, and raised in the Route Islands. He was educated at Oxford, where he received the Newdigate Reward for English verse in 1933. From 1934 until its disbandment in 1947 he offered with the Indian Civil service, then for the British Council, before retiring to work as a freelance copy writer. He added to lots of magazines, including Punch, and had written 16 novels for adults and two children's literature. He resided in Dorset and Scotland, and a lot of his novels bring on his involvement in and knowledge of rural pursuits and folk religion.
