The Stone (REPRINT)
Nigel Tranter

See also Nigel Tranter's other titles published by Black & White

CATEGORY CLASSIC FICTION
PUB DATE APRIL 2004
ISBN 1 873631 01 4
EXTENT 256 PP.
PRICE £5.99
FORMAT 198 x 129 P/B


Plundered from Scotland by Edward I in 1296, the Stone of Destiny lay beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey for 700 years but for centuries rumour and speculation have surrounded the origins of this legendary symbol of Royal power. Was this the real Stone, or merely a 13th century fake? is the Stone that finally returned to Scotland in 1996 and now rests within the ancient walls of Edinburgh castle just a lump of sandstone, hastily quarried at Scone to decieve the 13th century English invaders, while the true Scottish Coronation Stone was spirited away to a secret hiding place somewhere in Perthshire?

The Stone is Nigel Tranters extraordinary tale of the quest for the true Stone of Destiny and with it the possible solution to a mystery that has endured for more than 700 years.

If you have not read Tranter, this is a good one to start with; if you have, you will find it one of his best
Yorkshire Evening Post

A fast-moving, highly realistic adventure, it makes very good reading
Manchester Evening News

Tranter tells the story of Scotlands past as if he were a witness to events of only yesterday
The Herald