In August 1600 King James VI rode to Gowrie House in Perth, and within hours the Earl of Gowrie and his brother Alexander Ruthven lay dead. Lang sifts the King’s narrative, the tale of the armed man in the turret, the testimony of witnesses and the clergy’s doubts, and the strange forged letters of the notary Sprot and Logan of Restalrig.
A real-life detective story from a writer who loved a historical puzzle as much as a fairy tale. Download the free EPUB.