’All praise to Miller for having drawn such varied and gripping material into a dramatic narrative’ - Michael Fry, Scotland on Sunday
‘Fascinating’ - Scotsman
’A truly valuable addition to our history shelves’ - The Scots Magazine
In 1612, George Sinclair, an illegitimate son of a Caithness laird, became a Norwegian national hero. Along with almost 300 of his followers, Sinclair was killed in an ambush in Norway while marching to join the king of Sweden’s army. Sinclair has legendary status in Norway but has been almost totally forgotten at home, just as the memory of thousands of other Scots who served as mercenaries in the armies of Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has faded into obscurity until now.
For more information on Scots mercenaries click here to view a recent article.
James Miller was born and brought up in Caithness. After working abroad and in London he returned to the north of Scotland to work as a full-time writer. His previous books published by Birlinn include The Dambuilders, The North Atlantic Front and Inverness.
View cart
