Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid (Birlinn, 2025)
Historical Fiction
Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid (ISBN: 9781846976759, hardback). Debunking the myth penned by Shakespeare, McDermid reclaims the story of Gruoch and her husband Macbeth. It was a time when there was no ‘Scotland’ but a set of independent kingdoms; it was a time when it took armies and marriage alliances to hold onto a crown; it was a time when a strong woman survived by using her wits.