Gruach and Britain's Daughter (Classic Reprint): Two Plays: Two Plays (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Bottomley, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330506863 ISBN 13: 9781330506868

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book is an exploration of passion, loyalty, and ambition, and their consequences, as experienced by three women in feudal Scotland. In an era where bloodline reigns supreme, Gruach, Fern, and Morag navigate a world of arranged marriages, unspoken desires, and familial obligations. The arrival of a handsome King's envoy disrupts the precarious balance within Fortingall Castle and ignites a chain of events that puts each woman's allegiance to the test. Through a blend of lyrical prose and vivid imagery, the author delves into the depths of human nature, revealing the struggles, yearnings, and sacrifices made in the name of love, duty, and personal fulfillment. This book offers a compelling meditation on the complexities of female experience and the enduring power of choice.

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Now, when my life is more than half consumed,
And my yet steady flame gathers its force
More to aspire before the vague, last flare
(That lightens nothing) gutters in the night-wind,
Upon the midway ridge of my short days
I turn; I would not know what is to come
Down the far slope of the withdrawing wave;
I would remain at this conspiring height,
Whose upward motion seemed my own, and keep,
Keep mine the swift discoveries of life,
The passionate, the unexpected moments
That now, as I look back, are all I have,
All I have longed for, all I have to lose,
All, all I shall regret when I must leave them.

And first, after the daily use of love
That is not to be told, the common joy
Of life shared with the natural, earth-born forces,
I think of him who from Italian seed
Was born an English man, him who renewed
By moody English ways, at English tension,
For English unillumined hearts like mine,
The lost Italian vision the passionate
Vitality of art more rich than life,
More real than the day's reality.
Before I knew his name and his great acts
Of true creation done on God's behalf,
Within himself the assurance of a God,
I lived in the stale darkness of my kind;
And it was his sole deed that I have known
The power of loveliness, the power of truth,
And of imagination that concentres
Life into more than one life ever gave.
By nameless lovers, lovers with great names,
By fabulous ladies dreamed and almost seen,
By Dante's lost love Beatrice and his own

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330506863
• ISBN 13: 9781330506868
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 159
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