Blood Feud
Subtitle: The Stewarts and Gordons at War in the Age of Mary Queen of Scots
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780752423302
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; History - General History; History; History: World; Scotland; Europe - Great Britain - Scotland; GORDON FAMILY; History / Great Britain; Reference / Genealogy; SCOTLAND_HISTORY; VENDETTA; Europe - Great Britain - General
Description: The book plots the bloody feud between two great Scottish earldoms during the sixteenth-century. This is a story of passions, and follies, of courage and crime. It is set before a backdrop of the tragic life of Mary Queen of Scots, deposed by her own half brother, the first earl of Moray, the Machiavellian nature of court politics, and the extraordinary success of James VI, who managed to hold sway over feuding and arrogant nobles, and ultimately protect his favourite, the sixth earl of Huntly from retribution for the killing of his rival.