HE STOOPED TO CONQUER (JACOBITE NOVELS) (KLIO PRESS) (PB)

Jane Lane (1905 - 1978) was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, and is best known for her historical novels set in the 17th and 18th century. In the savage cold of a February night in 1692, a company of soldiers obey the orders issued by William III to butcher a small branch of Clan Donald living in Glencoe. This tale of Government-sanctioned murder explores strong characters on both sides of the tragedy, alongside ageless themes of courtesy and treachery, hospitality and betrayal. 'I read Jane Lane's books with mounting admiration for both their content and style […] Merging fact and fiction into essential truth, she has produced novels of quite extraordinary emotional power and exciting narrative pace’ - John Prebble.