On a Far Wild Shore

Inheriting a great estate? How wonderful! And the people who go with it? In 1889, young, beautiful, and newly widowed, Elizabeth Troy travels to her late husband's Cornish estate, hoping to find comfort among its fertile hills and valleys. But she is shocked to discover the vast, decaying acreage of Pallas is now her sole responsibility - and that Morwenna Troy, her sister-in-law, is her implacable enemy.
When this book was published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, 1986, it attracted the following notices:
Chatterley meets Manderley - Washington Post
Macdonald inherited all of R.F. Delderfield's fans. His sagas set in England are a joy to read - Columba - Midwest Review of Books
A highly readable, wonderfully emotional, and perfectly satyisfying fare for the sumptuous-saga lover - Rave Reviews
Routine, predictable, and humdrum romance, with too much complicated 19th-century English legal maneuvering, and at least one too many charming Cornish peasants - Kirkus
A cut above the usual historical fiction - Chattanooga Times
Salted with Cornish wit, wisdom, legend, and tradition. A very good read - The Good Book Guide
A novel rich in Cornish flavour - The West Briton
And, of Macdonald himself:
He is every bit as bad as Dickens - Martin Seymour-Smith


Genre: Historical