{"product_id":"this-door-of-the-seas-9781846977466","title":"This Door of the Seas : Darkland Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle-coastline at the junction between the continents of North and South America. And most of us know next to nothing about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it’s time to remedy that. Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in this revelatory novella to trace the story of Scotland’s only trading colony, which turned from a dream of prosperity to a nightmare that bankrupted an already impoverished nation and propelled it towards political union with England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as a series of letters home from expedition scientist Dr James Wallace to his wife Eliza and Sir Robert Sibbald, the first Geographer Royal, this epistolary tale offers a devastating account of the forces that doomed the endeavour and completely changed the history of the British Isles in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Val McDermid\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThriller \/ suspense, Historical adventure, Historical fiction, British \u0026amp; Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 Aug 2026 by Birlinn General.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Val McDermid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320114356602,"sku":"9781846977466","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781846977466.jpg?v=1790643270","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/this-door-of-the-seas-9781846977466","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}