Into the Mountain

Into the Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd by Charlotte Peacock is the first full biography of the Scottish writer and poet Nan Shepherd, who was one of North-East Scotland's best-known literary figures in the 1930s.

Although her image now appears on the Scottish five-pound note and her book The Living Mountain has become widely celebrated, Shepherd herself remained a private and little-known figure outside Scotland.

Drawing on previously unexplored material, Peacock's biography unravels the mysteries and dispels the rumours surrounding Shepherd's life, offering insight into the work and character of this perceptive, intensely private woman who spent her whole life in Deeside.