In this spellbinding novel, Anya Seton weaves a tale of James, the Earl of Derwentwater, and his younger brother, Charles, as they stand with James Stuart, the Catholic son of the desposed King James II of England, who by right should have been king. The novel artfully tells of their lives as they rebel against the new queen, Anne, James II's half-sister. Their rebellions would change their lives and the lives of those they loved forever.