Down in the Glen Something Stirs : A Novel of the Scottish Independence Referendum

We're told that most folk in Britain no longer believe in fairies. Yet two centuries ago North of the Border the 'guid neebors' were accepted as a potent force in everyday life, as real as the sunrise and sunset.

Scotland is today on the verge of a watershed moment in her history with an independence referendum scheduled for the autumn of 2014. But in the midst of this fresh excitement are much ol...