Sara Sheridan, named as one of the Saltire Society’s most influential Scottish women, past and present, has a fascination for uncovering forgotten women from history. As a novelist she is known as the writer of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries and a series of historical novels based on Georgian and Victorian explorers, including The Fair Botanists set in Regency Edinburgh. As a non-fiction writer she has produced books about the early days of Queen Victoria’s marriage and the historical background to Jane Austen’s novel Sanditon to augment two of ITV’s landmark historical dramas.

'Charming or amusing though these imagined memorials are, the heart of the book is serious, the product of assiduous research, and extremely interesting. Treat it as a quasi-official gazetteer and it will deepen your knowledge of Scotland, even in many cases of your own city, town, village or countryside, and enrich your travels.'

Sara Sheridan, named as one of the Saltire Society’s most influential Scottish women, past and present, has a fascination for uncovering forgotten women from history. As a novelist she is known as the writer of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries and a series of historical novels based on Georgian and Victorian explorers, including The Fair Botanists set in Regency Edinburgh. As a non-fiction writer she has produced books about the early days of Queen Victoria’s marriage and the historical background to Jane Austen’s novel Sanditon to augment two of ITV’s landmark historical dramas.

'Charming or amusing though these imagined memorials are, the heart of the book is serious, the product of assiduous research, and extremely interesting. Treat it as a quasi-official gazetteer and it will deepen your knowledge of Scotland, even in many cases of your own city, town, village or countryside, and enrich your travels.'

Sara Sheridan, named as one of the Saltire Society’s most influential Scottish women, past and present, has a fascination for uncovering forgotten women from history. As a novelist she is known as the writer of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries and a series of historical novels based on Georgian and Victorian explorers, including The Fair Botanists set in Regency Edinburgh. As a non-fiction writer she has produced books about the early days of Queen Victoria’s marriage and the historical background to Jane Austen’s novel Sanditon to augment two of ITV’s landmark historical dramas.

'Charming or amusing though these imagined memorials are, the heart of the book is serious, the product of assiduous research, and extremely interesting. Treat it as a quasi-official gazetteer and it will deepen your knowledge of Scotland, even in many cases of your own city, town, village or countryside, and enrich your travels.'