Acknowledgements

This book was inspired by the part of Scotland that I and my family call home.

I would like to thank Clare Cain and Fledgling Press for publishing Fen’s story, and I would also like to thank Graeme Clarke for the wonderful cover design.

Thanks are due to Clare Wallace of the Darley Anderson Agency, who represents me.

In addition, I would like to mention the staff of the A.K.Bell Library in Perth and the Strathearn Community Library in Crieff who pointed me in the right direction when I was researching this book.

A big thank you to Steve Duffy for suggesting the quotation by Sir Walter Scott which is the title of this book.

Finally, as ever, thanks to Gordon.