It's a children's fantasy novel set just after the end of the Second World War in a Highland fishing village; Su, the young daughter of the Big House, and Winkie, a fisherman's son from the village, get caught up in an adventure involving the fairies and end up travelling back in time, briefly visiting various periods but spending substantial parts of the book in 1806 and some time in the early Middle Ages (I've not managed to identify the saint in question, assuming he was a real one—does anyone else know?).
Having not read this particular Naomi Mitchison, I'll get back to you.
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Having not read this particular Naomi Mitchison, I'll get back to you.