The Lion's Whelp - Hardcover

Tranter, Nigel G.

3.88

58 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 034065998X ISBN 13: 9780340659984

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997

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Following the brutal murder of his father, James I of Scotland, in 1437, seven-year-old James II was in sore need of friends. As close attendant on the young monarch, Alec Lyon was chosen to go to the Low Countries to bring back the chosen bride for the King - Mary of Gueldres.

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About the Author:

One of Scotland`s best-loved authors, Nigel Tranter wrote over ninety novels on Scottish history. He died at the age of ninety on 9 January 2000.

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Another lively take on Scotland's turbulent history, by the wonderfully prolific Tranter (The Marchman, 1997, etc.). As befits the author of more than 80 novels, Tranter knows how to keep a plot spinning. Here, he focuses on the life and adventures of Alexander Lyon, a noble in 15th-century Scotland and a brave, decent man. Such qualities are in short supply at a time when various factions are contending for the country's throne, following the murder of James the First. Lyon casts his fortunes with James's young son, and the story follows the long, bloody campaign to ensure that the boy will rule. While not particularly deep, Tranter's latest features some convincingly rendered characters, a variety of lively subplots (the least impressive being Alex's rather trite romance with Agnes Crichton), and a believable portrait of a half-wild Scotland struggling to create and maintain a sense of nationhood and order. -- Copyright �1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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