Sue Lawrence Unreliable Death of Lady Grange

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Edinburgh, January 1732. Its the funeral of Rachel, wife of high-ranking Lord Grange. Her death is a shock. Still young, shed shown no signs of ill health.Rachel is, however, still alive. She has been brutally kidnapped by the man who has falsified her death: her husband. Was this her punishment for railing against his infidelity, or perhaps for being too feisty for a lady and never submissive enough as a wife? Whether to conceal his Jacobite leaningswhich could have him executed for treasonor to replace his wife with his long-time mistress, Lord Grange banishes Rachel to a remote island exile, to an isolated life of hardship and loneliness, far from her beloved children and where she can never be found.This is the gripping story of a woman who has until now been remembered mostly by her husbands unflattering account. Its a remarkable tale of how the real Lady Grange may have coped with such a dramatic fate, with courage and grace. Lady Granges story is at last reclaimed, centuries later.