By H. Michael Buck
Grassmarket sq. in Edinburgh, Scotland, is generally a spot the place civic occasions are introduced to the general public. yet on in the future in July 1681, it turns into the backdrop for anything darkish and violent: one more Covenanter execution.
So starts the intense story of younger James Renwick, one of many males on the head of the Covenanter circulate in seventeenth-century Scotland.
When England appoints its king because the head of the church in Scotland, many Scottish Presbyterians—or Covenanters—refuse to just accept this new coverage. With ardour and bravado, James Renwick leads the Covenanters in defiance opposed to England.
But what starts off as a political place fast turns deadly as increasingly more Covenanters are finished. on the middle of the political turmoil, Renwick reveals himself falling extra deeply in love with Jean Hamilton, a gorgeous Scottish lady, and he’s quickly torn among hearing his center and serving his kingdom.
Last Execution at Grassmarket is an exhilarating examine one in all Scotland’s so much heartbreaking chapters. Peace is at the horizon, yet will Renwick locate the energy to outlive? Will he have the capacity to outrun the bloodstained succeed in of England’s king and his army forces?
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