Blood Feud: The Stewarts and Gordons at War in the Age of Mary Queen of Scots

by Harry Potter

This is the first-ever study of this infamous feud between the Stewart and Gordon families in the sixteenth century.

350 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Harry Potter is a lawyer and writer. Publications include:

Hanging in Judgment: Religion and the Death Penalty from the Bloody Code to Abolition, SCM, 1993.
Hanging and Heresy, Kent University Press, 1994.
Father Diamond of Deptford, (ed) Ditchling Press, 1994.
Blood Feud: The Stewarts and Gordons at War in the Age of Mary Queen of Scots, Tempus 2002.
Edinburgh Under Siege 1571-1573, Tempus, 2003.

Professional Memberships:
Criminal Bar Association

Interests:
Classical languages and culture, Egyptology, Opera, Bridge, Numismatics, Astronomy, History, American Studies.

Positions of Responsibility:
1984 Ordained priest in the Church of England
1984-7 Fellow, Selwyn College Cambridge
1992- Vice Chair of Trustees of the 999 Club, Deptford
2002-6 Liberal Democrat Councillor in Greenwich
Governor of Christ's Hospital and Eltham Green Specialist Sports College.

Reviews

[Hettie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book started off bad with the author constantly complimenting himself on writing about a subject 'never previously discussed', and then came through with the most disjointed work of non-fiction I have seen in a long time. It's a nightmare to read, not to mention a lot of it irrelevant to the subject at hand. Definitely not a book I'll ever come back to, I'm just surprised I managed to force myself to finish it

[Errol Cavan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most detailed study of the blood feud between the earls of Moray and Huntley that rocked Scotland in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. The centrepiece is the murder of the second earl of Moray (the 'Bonnie Earl') in 1592. Although the pepetrator was never brought to justice it was without doubt the sixth earl of Huntley. The feud, however preceeded them, and was only brought to a Romeo and Juliet type of resolution in 1632.

Well-written, extensively-researched and well-illustrated it makes a compelling read, casting light into some dark places in Scottish history