The Dark Mile (Annotated)

The Dark Mile brings D. K. Broster's Jacobite sequence to its sombre conclusion, returning to the scarred Highlands in the wake of the 1745 Rising. Centred on divided loyalties, pursuit, concealment, and the lingering claims of honour, the novel combines historical romance with a disciplined psychological realism. Broster's prose is elegant, atmospheric, and exact, setting private anguish against ...