Crown in darkness (hugh corbett mysteries, book 2) - a gripping medieval my

1286 and on a storm-ridden night King Alexander III of Scotland is riding across the Firth of Forth to meet his beautiful French bride Yolande. He never reaches his final destination as his horse mysteriously slips, sending them both crashing to their death on cruel rocks. The Scottish throne is left vacant of any real heir and immediately the great European princes and the powerful nobles of Alexander's kingdom start fighting for the glittering prize. The Chancellor of England, Burnell, ever mindful of the interest his king, Edward I, has in Scotland, sends his faithful clerk, Hugh Corbett, to report on the chaotic situation at the Scottish court. Concerned that a connection exists between the king's death and those now desirous of taking the Scottish throne, Corbett is drawn into a maelstrom of intrigue, conspiracy and danger. Alexander III of Scotland was riding to meet his French bride one storm-ridden night when he fell to his death. Hugh Corbett, a clerk in the English Chancery, is sent to Scotland to discover the truth behind the King's death and report on the chaotic situation in the Scottish court The stunning second novel of murder and mayhem in the acclaimed Hugh Corbett series