By My Sword Alone

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Battle of Glenshiel 1719. Thirteen-year-old James Lindsay watches the action unfold as the Jacobite forces supported by his family are defeated. For the rebels it is the beginning of the end. But for James forever marked by the battle it is truly just the beginning.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Later forced to flee Scotland James finds himself on the European mainland and eventually in the Roman palace of his own 'king'. There he experiences all kinds of adventure from the romantic to the brutal. Chastened by time and experience he gradually loses the naivety of youth and takes a more mercenary approach as the great events of history unfold.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Yet all the while he is aware of developing philosophies and how they are extending slowly into the lives of men and women - and monarchs. On he battles through the Age of Enlightenment - until he meets a woman who challenges everything ...</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>By My Sword Alone</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a striking blend of historical novel and psychological profile that immerses readers in the thought politics and bloodshed of eighteenth-century Europe. It will please David Black's many fans and likely win him many more.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>David Black</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is a former Fleet Street journalist and television reporter and author of the popular </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Harry Gilmour</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> series of novels. He lives in Ayrshire.</span></p>