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Publication Date: January 6, 1994 | Series: Coronet Books

Set in Scotland, this is a historical novel by the author of "Black Douglas", "The Bruce Trilogy", "Lord of Isles", "The Captive Crown", "The Courtesan", "Pastmasters", "A Folly of Princes", "Rough Wooing", "Margaret the Queen" and "Lords of Misrule".

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Paperback: 402 pages
Publisher: Coronet (January 6, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0340520280
ISBN-13: 978-0340520284
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.6 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,616,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Slow starter but very surprising ending, May 2, 2006

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This review is from: Flowers of Chivalry (Coronet Books) (Paperback)

Over all a good, not great Tranter novel. This was the story of Sir Alexander Ramsay, Lord and Knight of some standing in Scotland. He struggles and strives through the chaos after Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray and Regent for the child King David II, dies. Alexander comes of age and eventually rises to become a sheriff, Warden of the Marches and Captain of Roxburgh Castle. The book covers the many Regents who rise and fall in rapid succession along with the deaths in battle of most of the older nobility against England's Edward III's new campaign to claim paramountcy of Scotland. A lot of battles and politics and it seems that there is a minimal amount of Ramsay's personnel life and dialogue. The book seemed to hold a majority of Third person narration. The story was a bit slow going but I was totally caught off guard by the ending. The chaos that reigned after Robert the Bruce dies is amazing. It shows the trouble with child monarchs.