by Candace Robb (Author)
It is Scotland, 1297. In the weeks leading up to the Battle of Stirling Bridge, Margaret Kerr takes up residence in Stirling town. She has come to discover why the informer who has been providing Wallace and Murray with details of the English plans has become unreliable. Although fearful that she may have inherited her mother's visionary gift and curse, and estranged from her husband, Roger, she is as determined as ever to play her part in saving Scotland from the hammer of Edward Longshanks - King of England and would-be King of the Scots. She has accepted the undertaking at the request of James Comyn, kinsman of the deposed Scottish king, John Balliol. It is an important and difficult mission, for he who holds Stirling Castle holds Scotland, and with fresh English recruits marching forth, a battle for the castle is imminent. But Margaret's loyalty to the cause is severely tested when Roger is killed. Now, her spying role is doubly dangerous...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Published: 04 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 0434009423
ISBN 13: 9780434009428
Book Overview: The gripping new Margaret Kerr mystery from the author of A TRUST BETRAYED and THE FIRE IN THE FLINT.