Publication

2004-09-02 - Arrow Books Ltd

Word Count

111,500 words, Guess

Page Count

446 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100099410141
  • ISBN-139780099410140
  • Goodreads953257
  • Better World Books9780099410140
  • Open LibraryOL7317401M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3568.0198

Description

Scots are gathering in Murdoch Kerr’s Edinburgh tavern, plotting to drive out the English forces. Margaret takes her place there as innkeeper, collecting information to pass on to William Wallace—until murder gives the English an excuse to shutter the tavern. The dead man was a witness to the intruders who raided chests belonging to Margaret’s husband and her father, the latest in a string of violent raids on Margaret’s family, but no one knows the identity of the raiders or what they’re searching for. Margaret’s uncle urges her to escape to Edinburgh, but as she flees north with her husband Roger, Margaret grows suspicious about his sudden wish to speak with her mother, Christiana, who is a soothsayer. Margaret once innocently shared with Roger one of Christiana’s visions, of “the true king of Scotland” riding into Edinburgh. Now she begins to wonder if their trip is part of a mission engineered by the English crown . . .

Subjects

Topics

Historical mysteryMargaret Kerr #2 (fictitious person)Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Times

1297 Edinburgh

Other Editions

  • The Fire in the FlintArrow Books Ltd2004-09-02

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