Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Gleam in the North
D K Broster · 2021
80/100
👍 Worth It
This is the real deal — the strong middle book in D.K. Broster's Jacobite trilogy, packed with post-Culloden intrigue, loyalty, and a compelling friendship across enemy lines. One reader put it best calling it as good as the first book, and honestly, nearly a century later it still holds up.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing82
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit70
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict80
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