Lady MacBethad
The Electrifying Story of Love, Ambition, Revenge and Murder Behind a Real Life Scottish Queen
1st Edition
Published on 2. March 2023
384 pages
978-1-5266-4723-8 (ISBN)
Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO GLASS BELL AWARD 2024
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024
Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.
She will be Queen. Whatever it takes...
Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history.
As a child, Gruoch's grandmother prophesies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir-elect, the prophecy appears to come true. Determined to never to be as powerless as her parents, Gruoch leaves behind her home, her family and her friend MacBethad, and travels to the royal seat at Scone to seal her fate.
But when a deadly turn of events forces Gruoch to flee Duncan and the capital, Gruoch finds herself at the mercy of an old enemy.
Her hope of becoming Queen all but lost, Gruoch does what she must to survive, until she is given a choice: live a long, peaceful life but fall into obscurity, or seize her chance for vengeance and a path back to the throne.
An unputdownable, sweeping historical epic, Lady MacBethad reimagines the life of Gruoch - the real life Scottish Queen who inspired one of Shakespeare's most famous characters.
Reader Reviews:
'I adored this book'
'One of the most interesting, complex and captivating protagonists I've ever come across'
'I could not put this book down'
'So good that I'm almost sad I've finished it'
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024
Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.
She will be Queen. Whatever it takes...
Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history.
As a child, Gruoch's grandmother prophesies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir-elect, the prophecy appears to come true. Determined to never to be as powerless as her parents, Gruoch leaves behind her home, her family and her friend MacBethad, and travels to the royal seat at Scone to seal her fate.
But when a deadly turn of events forces Gruoch to flee Duncan and the capital, Gruoch finds herself at the mercy of an old enemy.
Her hope of becoming Queen all but lost, Gruoch does what she must to survive, until she is given a choice: live a long, peaceful life but fall into obscurity, or seize her chance for vengeance and a path back to the throne.
An unputdownable, sweeping historical epic, Lady MacBethad reimagines the life of Gruoch - the real life Scottish Queen who inspired one of Shakespeare's most famous characters.
Reader Reviews:
'I adored this book'
'One of the most interesting, complex and captivating protagonists I've ever come across'
'I could not put this book down'
'So good that I'm almost sad I've finished it'
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-4723-8 (9781526647238)
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Isabelle Schuler
Lady MacBethad
The electrifying story of love, ambition, revenge and murder behind a real life Scottish queen
Book
04/2024
Raven Books
€13.00
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Isabelle Schuler
Lady MacBethad
The electrifying story of love, ambition, revenge and murder behind a real life Scottish queen
Book
03/2023
Raven Books
€19.00
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Isabelle Schuler is a Swiss-American actress, writer and former bookseller. Her latest self-penned short film, I Am A Unicorn, is currently playing at festivals in the UK, US and Europe. She has a BA in Journalism and her screenplay Queen Hereafter was longlisted by the Thousand Films Screenwriting Competition in 2019. In 2020, Schuler adapted Queen Hereafter into her debut novel, Lady MacBethad.
Content
- Cover
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Historical note
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the author
- A Note on the type
