Author:Candace Robb
Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will love this enthralling and engrossing medieval mystery from much-loved author Candace Robb. Bringing the sights and sounds of thirteenth-century Scotland to life, this will have you hooked from page one!
'This is history as it should be told!' -- Good Book Guide
'Candace Robb Brings history to life' -- Aberdeen Press & Journal
'A superb historical novel from a most interesting and unknown period' -- ***** Reader review
'History and mystery at their best' -- Northern Echo
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1297: Passionate, brave and fiercely loyal, Margaret Kerr - a young woman estranged from her husband - is determined to play her part in saving Scotland from the hammer of Edward Longshanks - King of England and would-be King of the Scots. And so she travels to Stirling to discover why the informer upon whom the Scottish rebels depend has become unreliable.
It is an important and difficult mission, for he who holds Stirling Castle holds Scotland, and with fresh English recruits marching forth, a bloody battle for the castle is imminent.
As the Scots prepare to cast off the English yoke once and for all, Margaret soon realises she can trust no one, not even her closest friends. Is she prepared to give her life for her country?
Thirteenth-century Edinburgh comes off the page cold and convincing - most enjoyable
—— The ListBrilliant - Robb presents a felsty new heroine who proves to be no fool
—— Woman & Home'This is history as it should be told!
—— Good Book GuideCandace Robb Brings history to life and this is a satisfying read, full of interesting detail about the life and times in Scotland in the 13th Century
—— Aberdeen Press & JournalIntrigue abounds... Robb's captivating blend of history and mystery vividly evokes medieval Scotland
—— BooklistWith meticulous attention to historical details... the author lovingly recreates medieval Edinburgh
—— Publisher's WeeklyEvery once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, so innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that ... James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged
—— STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages.
—— DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILDAlex Cross is a legend.
—— HARLAN COBENPatterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.
—— MICHAEL CONNELLYPatterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.
—— NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWPatterson is in a class by himself.
—— VANITY FAIR[Patterson's] books don't pussyfoot around when it comes to the villains. These are bad, bad people ... with a lot of intrigue in high places.
—— AL ROKER, The Today Show
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