A sumptuous historical novel taking us back to 1603, the Union of the Crowns and the reign of James the 6th and 1st. Featuring the drama of Queen Anna and her jeweller George Heriot, along with the writers and artists of the time, all set in the royal courts of Denmark, Scotland and England.
THESE THREE PLAYS, COMPOSED BETWEEN 1994 AND 2004, ARE LINKED BY THE THEME OF WAR: ACTUAL, REMEMBERED OR THREATENED. THEY ARE ALL TRAGI-COMIC AND EACH WRITTEN FOR A STRONG FEMALE LEAD.
Written by Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family archive, this book presents a portrait of a man hurled into war, through an era when the world was changing fast and forever, who brought us the greatest epic of time and memory that has ever been written.