The Fire of Winter
By D.K. Marley
She is known as Lady
Macbeth. What leads her down the path of murder? What secrets fire her destiny?
Gruah, the granddaughter of King Cìnéad III of
the Royal Clan Alpin, marries two men in less than six months, one she loves
and one she hates; one in secret, the other arranged by the High King of
Scotland. At the age of eighteen, she lays her palm upon the ancient stone of
Scone and sees her destiny as Queen of Scotland, and she vows to do whatever
necessary to see her true love, Macbeth macFindlaech, beside her on the throne.
Amid the fiery times and heated onslaughts from Denmark and England, as the
rule of Scotland hangs in the balance, Gruah seeks to win the throne and bring
revenge upon the monsters of her childhood, no matter the cost or amount of blood
tainting her own hands; yet, an unexpected meeting with the King called the
Confessor causes her to question her bloody path and doubt her once blazing
pagan faith. Will she find redemption or has the blood of her past fire-branded
her soul?
The story weaves the play by William
Shakespeare with the actual history of Macbeth and his Queen in 11th-century
Scotland. “...a woman's story at a winter's fire...” (Macbeth, Act III, Scene
IV)
Praise for The Fire of Winter
“This beautifully written reworking of the Macbeth tale told
from Lady Macbeth’s point-of-view flows from the page and you quickly become
immersed in the politics and intrigues of feudal Scotland as she fights for her
rightful place and her true love! A mesmerising read that grips from start to
finish and Gruah is now one of my all-time favourite literary crushes
Iain Leonard, ARC Reviewer
“Brilliantly conceived and beautifully written, The Fire of
Winter is a tale not to be missed by lovers of Shakespeare, lovers of history,
or lovers of the written word.”
Riana Everly, Author of Teaching Eliza and Through a Different
Lens
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DK Marley
DK Marley is a
historical fiction writer specializing in Shakespearean themes. Her
grandmother, an English professor, gave her a volume of Shakespeare's plays
when she was eleven, inspiring DK to delve further into the rich Elizabethan
language. Eleven years ago she began the research leading to the publication of
her first novel "Blood and Ink," an epic tale of lost dreams, spurned
love, jealousy and deception in Tudor England. She lives in the United States with her husband and an
English Lab named Max.
Connect with DK Marley: Website • Facebook • Twitter • The
Historical Fiction Club • BookBub • Goodreads.
What a beautiful cover. I did Shakespeares Scottish play at school and I really enjoyed it. This is definitely on my to read list.
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