Released: 28/11/2020
ISBN: 9781800461949
eISBN: 9781800468207
Format: Paperback/eBook
The Jacobite Grandson, sequel to Son of a Jacobite, traces the later life of Thomas Lovat and the childhood-into-adulthood of his son, Edward.
I have written many academic books and school texts, some 40 in all, with a variety of publishing houses. Springer Nature, Routledge, Peter Lang and Cengage are the main international houses. David Barlow Publishing is the main Australian publisher. Son of a Jacobite is my first novel. The different kind of writing needed for it has been a learning process. My academic writing has helped but I've also been challenged to 'show not tell', instead of telling, which is what academic writing is all about. The venture has taken me to the other side, as it were, the other side of the fascinating thing we call writing.
The book has had a Virtual book launch on Sunday 13th December. Please see the below link to the YouTube recording of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsCj88Zh7k&feature=youtu.be
I have just finished reading ’The Jacobite Grandson’. What a great read. I could not put it down and so I read it over the day. It is very much in the spirit of the first book (Son of a Jacobite) and equally riveting. The characters are very clear and flawed at times but that is what makes them real. Thanks to T.J.Lovat for telling such a great story. He has done a marvellous job and I can see the next story is being pointed to at the end of the book with the two boys coming to Australia. There were some wonderful aspects of acceptance and humanity within the telling that were moving and deep.
I look forward to more books by Lovat.
by The Rev’d Dr Brian Douglas
Series book. What a great read. I could not put it down and so I read it over the day. It is very much in the spirit of the first book (Son of a Jacobite) and equally riveting. The characters are very clear and flawed at times but that is what makes them real. Thanks to T.J.Lovat for telling such a great story. He has done a marvellous job and I can see the next story is being pointed to at the end of the book with the two boys coming to Australia. There were some wonderful aspects of acceptance and humanity within the telling that were moving and deep. The grandson follows in similar footsteps.
by NetGalley review
Jacobite Sons in New South Wales' is a powerful concluding volume to the trilogy. An excellent historical adventure, with much wisdom and many thought-provoking insights mixed in. Hope there will be more!
by Dr Paul Walker
These books draw you in from the start, so easy to read. Following the history of the Lovat clan was very interesting. I am hoping TJ Lovat has some further books for us to read. Would encourage everyone to purchase these you will not be disappointed.
by Kim Stapleton
I am eagerly devouring Jacobite Sons in New South Wales. I'm reading well into the night and snatching time in the day as well. T. J. Lovat's writing flows beautifully. The details of religions of the time is expressed particularly clearly. I know I'll want to read the trilogy again!
by Camille Hollingdale
I am a retired Professor from Australia. My academic work was mainly in Religion and Education, with a passion for history. I have also become something of a specialist in Islam.
My family roots are in the Scottish Highlands on which I have done much research. This is what inspired my first novel, Son of a Jacobite. When the historical record ran out, I turned to historical fiction. The Jacobite's son grows up in the shadow of his heroic father, travels in his youth to Persia, then Ireland and the Americas during the War of Independence. Much adventure, romance and growing up along the way, all inserted into snippets of live history.
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