Gato (Sandstone Vista Series) - Softcover

An unusual love story set in the Middle Ages, "Gato" is the story of a young child brought up in a mill. The quiet hardworking lives of the people at the mill are disturbed by the arrival of a wandering Spanish Friar. What is going on between the miller and his wife, and the Friar? The child at the centre of the story tries to understand. The only creatures the child is close to are the mill cats. After the Friar's stay, there is always one called Gato, Spanish for 'cat'.

Margaret Elphinstone: Margaret has published six other novels, four of which are historical. She began writing in Shetland in the 1970s. As well as being a writer she has worked as gardener, library assistant, home help and lecturer. She now lives in Glasgow and is Professor of Writing at the University of Strathclyde. She has two daughters.