{"title":"Marie MacPherson","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-last-blast-of-the-trumpet-paperback","title":"The Last Blast of the Trumpet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict, Chaos and Corruption in Reformation Scotland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wants to reform Scotland, but his enemies will stop at nothing to prevent him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotland 1559: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiery reformer John Knox returns to a Scotland on the brink of civil war. Victorious, he feels confident of his place leading the reform until the charismatic young widow, Mary Queen of Scots returns to claim her throne. She challenges his position and initiates a ferocious battle of wills as they strive to win the hearts and minds of the Scots. But the treachery and jealousy that surrounds them both as they make critical choices in their public and private lives has dangerous consequence that neither of them can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this final installment of the trilogy of the fiery reformer John Knox, Macpherson tells the story of a man and a queen at one of the most critical phases of Scottish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Macpherson has done for Knox what Hilary Mantel did for Cromwell.' Scottish Field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This richly realized portrait of a complex man in extraordinary times is historical fiction at its finest.' Linda Porter, author of Crown of Thistles; Katherine the Queen, Royal Renegades; Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Marie Macpherson has once again given us a cavalcade of flesh and blood characters living the early days of the Scottish Reformation in a complex tale told with economy and wit.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS.G. MacLean author of The Seeker Series and Alexander Seaton mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68282536165599,"sku":"9781950586530","price":26.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7_VsPRoZAX9781950586530.webp?v=1792767089"},{"product_id":"the-first-blast-of-the-trumpet-paperback-1","title":"The First Blast of the Trumpet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailes Castle, 1511. Midnight on a doom-laden Hallowe'en and Elisabeth Hepburn, feisty daughter of the Earl of Bothwell, makes a wish - to wed her lover, the poet David Lindsay. But her uncle has other plans. To safeguard the interests of the Hepburn family she is to become a nun and succeed her aunt as Prioress of St. Mary's Abbey, Haddington. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, plunged into the political maelstrom and religious turmoil of the early Scottish Reformation, her life there is hardly one of quiet contemplation. Strong-willed and independent, she clashes with those who question her unorthodox regime at St. Mary's, including Cardinal David Beaton and her rival, Sister Maryoth Hay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her greatest struggle is against her thrawn godson, John Knox. Witnessing his rejection of the Roman Catholic Church - aided by David Lindsay - she despairs that the sins of her past may have contributed to his present disenchantment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he purges himself from the puddle of papistry, Knox finds his voice, denouncing everything he once held dear, but will that include his godmother, Prioress Elisabeth? And by confessing her dark secrets, will Elisabeth steer Knox from the pernicious pull of Protestantism or drive him further down the fateful path he seems hell-bent on, a path that leads to burning at the stake? In a daring attempt to shed light on a wheen of unanswered questions about John Knox's early, undocumented life, this novel throws up some startling claims and controversial conjectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68293956665567,"sku":"9781946409508","price":34.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xK_iMyAu-h9781946409508.webp?v=1792903933"},{"product_id":"the-second-blast-of-the-trumpet-paperback","title":"The Second Blast of the Trumpet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1549. Freed from the galleys, the Scottish Reformer John Knox continues his mission as God's messenger to strike at the roots of papistry. A prophet without honor in his own land, he is welcomed as a chaplain by Edward VI in England. But by challenging the liturgy of the English Protestant Church, he makes dangerous enemies, and with Edward's untimely death and the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor, Knox is forced to flee persecution. Despite the ever-present peril of capture, Knox crisscrosses Europe to ask the leading Reformation scholars his burning question - whether it is lawful to depose an ungodly monarch. While no answer is forthcoming, his plea has not gone unheeded. Someone is willing to commit regicide in his name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Protestant Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne, Knox hopes to return with his young wife and family and resume his mission in England. However, while the charismatic preacher may have attracted a flock of female admirers, his polemical tract, The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, has antagonized Queen Elizabeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Knox find a welcome in Scotland where the Lords of the Congregation are plotting revolution in the name of religion? Where his godmother, Elisabeth Hepburn, and Mary of Guise, are striving to stem the rising tide of reform and keep the throne for Mary Queen of Scots? And will the secret assassin achieve his aim?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68350295834847,"sku":"9781946409522","price":31.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/K2McautDhl9781946409522.webp?v=1793397036"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/marie-macpherson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}