The Billow and the Rock, by Harriet Martineau.
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It is the time of the 1745 Rebellion, when the adherents of Prince
Charles, the Pretender to the Throne, landed in Scotland, and started to
march towards London.
Lord Carse, and his friend Lord Lovat, are fearful that Lady Carse, who
has some knowledge and evidence of their political beliefs, may betray
them. So they abduct her from her home in Edinburgh and have her taken
away to a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. She was at first a most
unwilling prisoner, but gradually an instinct for survival let her eat
and drink, and ride pillion, and so survive the journey.
The Edinburgh newspapers are fed a story of her illness, then of her
death, and finally of her burial. So there is no hue and cry.
The story is well-written as one would hope from such an accomplished
writer. It makes a good audiobook, but probably you will need to listen
to it twice before the story and its background become clear to you.
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THE BILLOW AND THE ROCK, BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.