Scolland, 1840: a country of contrast and
change, where the cities are filled with
whisky shops and brothels, and the coun-
tryside is tilled by men who are encour-
aged to have unmarried "followers" to
provide cheap labor. A country, too, with
great respect for education, as it struggles
with the problems of coal miners hours
and safety
This is the world of young Kate
Kilgour, housekeeper to James Gal-
braith, a minister of the Free Kirk in
Greenock. Then local gossip about Kate s
illegitimate son forces Galhraith to give
her notice, even though his heart cries
out that she should stay.
And so the story of lovely, strong-
minded Kate begins. She will discover
her link with the wealthy pit-owning
Balfour family. She will marry an evan-
gelical miner in the Lanarkshire coal
pits. She will teach her children inde-
pendence and pride and watch as they go
out into a world of turmoil and transi-
tion: one son to America to become a rail-
road pioneer; a daughter to New Zealand
on a "bride ship" after a disastrous affair;
her handsome bastard to seafaring
danger on Clyde-buih clipper ships.
Another son will stand for Parliament as one of the first Labor MPs,and Kate herself, in time of deep crisis,will return to James Galbraith s side.
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