Fascinating historical and adventure novel, which takes place in the turbulent era of the late XVIII century . England of the great William Pitt is opposed to revolutionary France - France of the Convention, sans-culottes, Vendee rebellion .. However, in England itself there is no peace, because in her heart has long been aimed by a dagger named Scotland, forever hesitant, who to give preference to - neighbors-conquerors or the French, old friends and allies? This is Scotland of clans and Highlands . Scotland's ancestral castles, medieval notions of male and noble honor - and desperate adventurers who suddenly gain and lose fortunes Scotland defeated, but not conquered.