Violet Jacob: 9 books

Edited and introduced by Carol Anderson. ‘I think it is the best Scots romance since The Master of Ballantrae,’ said John Buchan when Flemington was first published in 1911. Violet Jacob’s fifth and finest novel is a tragic drama of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, tightly written, poetic in its symbolic...

Flemington written by Violet Jacob who  was a Scottish writer. This book was published in 1911. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are...

The Sheep-Stealers written by Violet Jacob who was a Scottish writer,  This book was published in 1902. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there...

Irresolute Catherine written by Violet Jacob who was a Scottish writer, now known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry. This book was published in 1908. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form....

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

IN the earlier half of the nineteenth century, when most of the travelling done by our grandfathers was done by road, and the intercourse between districts by no means far apart was but small, a tract of country lying at the foot of the Black Mountain, which rises just inside the Welsh border, was...

A hisorical tale of old England and Wales. Romance and adventure await the reader in this tome.

A historical tale of love and war, violence and peace.  This is a very stirring and thought-provoking tale, not to be missed.

A historical romance with quite a suprising ending here. By the author of the Sheep-Steaalers, this is in the same vein, taking place in the country, where men are men, and the love of a good woman is hard to find.