Burning Ambition - Couverture souple

Marie Hepburn, illegitimate daughter of the Bishop of Moray, is only seventeen when she is promised in marriage to the repulsive, middle-aged Duke of Glasgow. But his betrothal proves to be only teh beginning of Marie's troubles. The Duke has a deadly rival, Guthrie Jamieson, the handsome but ruthless Earl of Edinburgh, who knows all the dark secrets of Marie's past, knowledge that he will not hesitate to use against her. As Marie's life begins to fall apart, she turns to a gallant young nobleman for help. But at the Court of Mary, Queen of Scots, where betrayal and violent death are commonplace, Marie soon discovers that she can trust no-one but herself... A tumultous story of romance and rivalry, friendship and bitter hatred, set against the backdrop of a country torn apart by the ravages of war, heresy and treason.

Margaret Thomson Davis left school at the age of sixteen, working as a children's nurse and having a variety of other jobs before achieving her ambition of becoming a writer. She has had over twenty novels published, many of which have been bestsellers. Over two hundred of her stories have appeared in newspapers and magazines in Britain and overseas, and she has written an autobiography. Active in a wide range of literary and other societies, she is in great demand as an entertaining and informative speaker. Margaret Thomson Davis lives in Glasgow.