Balefire Tranter, Nigel

Published: 1958. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. DESCRIPTION: Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Map endpapers. Inscribed to Logan (Blackett) and signed by Nigel Tranter on title page. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: A few small darkish stains to cloth and spine - see photo. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 223. BOOK RESUME: This is the story of how an ancient feud started between Hawick on Teviot and Hexham-on-Tyne, in the grim days following the battle of Flodden. The story of Simon Armstrong, one of the few survivors of Flodden Field and of the Northumbrian family of Ridley into whose keeping he came in secret fashion; of two sisters, Esther and Marcia Ridley, who in their own way fought more valiantly than their menfolk. It is a story set in tragic days of heroism and dastardy, of hard-riding mosstroopers and vengeful swordsmen, of balefires and beacons and burning homes, set in the green fair Borderland of England and Scotland. And of a love that knew no borders, and accepted no defeat.