Ian Maclaren

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush

Collection of stories of Scottish village life and simple faith

About the author

Ian Maclaren
Ian Maclaren

Maclaren (John Watson) was the most commercially successful of the Kailyard novelists, whose Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush sold enormously in Britain and America. His sentimental depictions of Scottish rural life defined a popular image of Scotland.

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