{"product_id":"this-door-of-the-seas-val-mcdermid","title":"This Door of the Seas by Val McDermid (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland’s future. 'A powerfully clear account . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the colonial history of Scotland' – Paterson Joseph, actor and author of the award-winning The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius SanchoIt took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle-coastline at the junction between the continents of North and South America. And most of us know next to nothing about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow it’s time to remedy that. Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in this revelatory novella to trace the story of Scotland’s only trading colony, which turned from a dream of prosperity to a nightmare that bankrupted an already impoverished nation and propelled it towards political union with England. Written as a series of letters home from expedition scientist Dr James Wallace to his wife Eliza and Sir Robert Sibbald, the first Geographer Royal, this epistolary tale offers a devastating account of the forces that doomed the endeavour and completely changed the history of the British Isles in the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polygon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54862049804631,"sku":"9781846977466","price":10.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/81E5s_B3VIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788379424","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/this-door-of-the-seas-val-mcdermid","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}