Saint Mungo's City

In Saint Mungo's City, Sarah Tytler opens with a vivid portrait of a Glasgow family clinging to the last honors of an older order. The proud, aging Miss Mackinnon sisters—sharp-tongued Janet, vain Bethia, and the deaf Mackinnon they dominate—guard their name with comic ferocity even as money, status, and the city itself have moved on. Their hopes flare when nephew Gavin becomes engaged to Maggie Craig, an heiress whose fortune is tied to calico-printing and dye works, making the marriage as much a commercial alliance as a romantic one. On the frosty eve of the wedding, legal papers, bridal gifts, and family pride crowd the house while marriage settlements expose the tangled histories of inheritance, old wills, and social maneuvering. Years later, the same household is reduced to poverty, the sisters sewing to survive and longing for a small future inheritance with weary dignity. Running alongside this family drama is Rory, a wary Highland newcomer in Glasgow, whose search for answers leads him through teasing encounters, Highland hospitality, and comic misunderstandings as he tries to trace the Mackinnon connection in the bustling city. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.