LORDS OF MISRULE: The First of a Trilogy of Novels on the Rise of the House of Stewart.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1976) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - A novel set in 14th century Scotland, focusing on the relationships between the Douglases and the Stewarts, by an author who was well-known as a writer of serious historical fiction with his later novels "almost entirely composed around the historical record. These novels [which] gained a wide readership while providing a basic grounding in Scottish history to their readers." SIGNED with the words "with good wishes" on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 415 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Biro. ISBN: 0-340201789.
Condition: Near fine in blue boards with silver lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket (1976 date on front endpaper, dj is price-clipped, sunning to spine) but overall a tight copy of a book which is quite uncommon signed.