Set in in fifteenth-century Scotland, Bishop Gavin Cameron of Kinveil, the chancellor of Scotland, is determined to stop Archdeacon Columba Crozier's plot to destroy the king 494 pages About the author Reay Tannahill was born on December 9, 1929 in Glasgow, Scotland, where she was brought up. She was educated at Shawlands Academy, and obtained an MA in History and a postgraduate certificate in Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Before started to write, she worked as a probation officer, advertising copywriter, newspaper reporter, historical researcher and graphic designer. In 1958, she married Michael Edwardes but the marriage ended in divorce in 1983. Until her death on November 2, 2007, she lived in a smart terrace house in London near Tate Britain. In 1990, her novel Passing Glory won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She belonged to the Arts Club and the Authors' Club, and was chairman of the latter from 1997 to 2000.