A Flame for the Fire Author:Nigel Tranter It was the stunning beauty of his sister Janet, with her flame red hair, which was to bring David Kennedy of Carrick to the attention of Scotland's romantic and personable monarch, James IV. But whatever its origin, the association between the King and David Kennedy was to prove highly beneficial to Scotland in the troubled years ahead, when Hen... more »ry VIII and the English Tudors sought to style themselves as suzerains, or Lords Paramount, of the Northern Kingdom. A compelling tale of16th-century Scotland.« less