- Fiction, Kings and rulers, Succession, History
The year is 1286 and Scotland is in the grip of one of the worst winters in living memory. Some believe the Day of Judgement has come. The King of Scotland is murdered by one of his squires, a deed pre-meditated by his own brother-in-law, the King of England, a thousand miles away in France.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Robyn Young
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 500
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340963647
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