An evocative fictional account of the life of the eleventh-century Queen Gruadh of Scotland describes how this female descendant of the country's royal line is married, left pregnant, widowed, and forced to wed her husband's murderer, the warlord Macbeth, and reveals how she fought to preserve her family's legacy regardless of the cost. 50,000 first printing.A fictional account of the life of the eleventh-century Queen Gruadh of Scotland describes how this female descendant of the country's royal line is widowed and forced to wed her husband's murderer, the warlord Macbeth.