A famine of horses : a sir robert carey mystery

In The Year 1592, Sir Robert Carey, A Handsome Courtier, Comes North To Carlisle To Take Up His New Post As Deputy Warden Of The West March. He Has Wangled His Appointment To Be Nearer His True Love, A Married Woman, And Farther From The Gimlet Eyes Of His Creditors And The Disapproving Eye Of His Father (the Queen’s Cousin—possibly Her Half-brother). And Of Course, He Can Use The Money.... Sir Robert Is Quick To Realize He Won’t See A Profit From The Perks If He Fails To Keep The Peace. Alas, He Is Quickly Challenged By The Murder Of A Local Lad, The Possible Betrayal Of A Disappointed Rival, The Ire Of The Lady’s Husband, And The Question Of The Horses—the Hundreds Of Horses Being Stolen From All Over The Neighborhood. It’s Hard To Say Whether The Greater Danger Lies Without The City Walls Amidst The Scheming Scots—or Within, Amidst The Unruly English Garrison. Rich In Atmosphere And Packed With Vivid Real And Fictional Characters, Few Novels Are As Well Imagined Or As Much Fun As This Romp Through Roguish Courtiers, Rival Gangs, Rustling, Treason, And High Ambition. He will take seventeen to the match - how many will he bring back? In Cibola football is a matter of life and death. Sir Tristram must reunite his Blood City teammates - Knights, Pirates and Westerners - to win the prestigious Seskie tournament against their oldest rivals. Behind the match is a bigger power play, a king's mission to bring down his greatest rival by persuasion, trickery or force. Needing a squad of soldiers as well as footballers, Sir Tristram must also find a place on tour and in his heart for the teenage child he has not addressed by name since infancy...