The Geologist’s Wife

This is Mairi MacCaskill. This is 1838. Only 17 years of age when she is pushed into an arranged marriage. It is a seemingly miserable marriage of convenience concocted by her eccentric courtesan mother, who is looking to see her child's future safely arranged. This drastic change from courtly intrigue in Europe finds Mairi on the rural moorlands of Northern England. In Rosedale, a remote valley dipping down from the bleak, wild moorland heights of North Yorkshire, a quiet and sophisticated young woman finds an unexpected environment in which to bloom. And as Mairi develops, so does the moorland valley. For the industrial and scientific revolution is coming.