TY - BOOK AU - Courtney,Joanna TI - Blood queen T2 - Shakespeare's queens SN - 9780349419503 (paperback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Piatkus KW - Gruoch, KW - Macbeth, KW - Queens KW - Scotland KW - Fiction KW - Kings and rulers KW - History KW - To 1057 KW - Biographical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction N1 - "The tale of the real Lady Macbeth…" -- Cover; Includes historical notes N2 - Cold. Ruthless. Deadly. The myth of Lady Macbeth looms large. But behind the villainous portrait stands a real woman. This is her story... Scotland, 1020 AD - King Malcolm II is fading fast. It is North vs South, for two families have a claim on the inheritance of his crown. Who will gain the Scottish throne? On the eve of her 16th birthday, a flushed and nervous Cora MacDuff waits to marry her sweetheart, Macbeth. But her dreams are about to be stolen from her as the night she was hoping for turns into a brutal slaughter. In order to reclaim the life she was promised, she will learn to use every weapon at her disposal - even her son ER -