num_pages: 336
description: Carlisle 1592.The only law on the Scottish Border is the elegant Sir Robert Carey - newly appointed Deputy Warden - and his seven dubious henchmen. He has wangled his appointment to be nearer his true love. And of course, he can use the money....His first case is dealing with the corpse of the youngest, dearest and most violent member of the notorious Graham clan. And there is the question of horses. Hundreds of horses being stolen from all over the Border...Rich in atmosphere and packed with vivid real and fictional characters, few novels are as well imagined or as much fun as this romp through roguish courtiers, rival gangs, rustling, treason, and high ambition.
language: English
title: A Famine of Horses
titlecomplete: A Famine of Horses (Sir Robert Carey, #1)
characters: Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Historical Mystery, Tudor Period, Elizabethan Period, Historical Fiction, 16th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 1335
places: Carlisle, Cumbria, England
series: Sir Robert Carey
publisher: Coronet BOOKS