num_pages: 336
description: Refugee. Queen. Saint. In eleventh-century Scotland a young woman strives to fulfill her destiny despite the risks . . . Shipwrecked on the Scottish coast a young Saxon princess and her familyincluding the outlawed Edgar of Englandask sanctuary of the warrior-king Malcolm Canmore who shrewdly sees the political advantage. He promises to aid Edgar and the Saxon cause in return for the hand of Edgars sister Margaret in marriage.A foreign queen in a strange land Margaret adapts to life among the barbarian Scots bears princes and shapes the fierce warrior Malcolm into a sophisticated ruler. Yet even as the king and queen build a passionate and tempestuous partnership the Scots distrust her. When her husband brings Eva a Celtic bard to court as a hostage for the good behavior of the formidable Lady Macbeth Margaret expects trouble. Instead an unlikely friendship grows between the queen and her bard though one has a wild Celtic nature and the other follows the demanding path of obligation. Torn between old and new loyalties Eva is bound by a vow to betray the king and his Saxon queen. Soon imprisoned and charged with witchcraft and treason Eva learns that Queen Margaretcounseled by the furious king and his powerful priestswill decide her fate and that of her kinswoman Lady Macbeth. But can the proud queen forgive such deep treachery?Impeccably researched a dramatic page-turner Queen Hereafter is an unforgettable story of shifting alliances and the tension between fear and trust as a young woman finds her way in a dangerous world.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
publisher: Crown