Captured in 1388 in the act of stealing back his own cattle, young sir William Scott faces hanging, then gets one other choice--to marry immediately His Captor's eldest daughter, the lady Margaret Murray, known by all as...Captured in 1388 in the act of stealing back his own cattle, young sir William Scott faces hanging, then gets one other choice--to marry immediately His Captor's eldest daughter, the lady Margaret Murray, known by all as muckle-mouth meggie. With the line between England and Scotland shifting daily, the earl of douglas wants to win back every inch of Scotland that the English have claimed; whereas the equally powerful English percies (under hotspur) want to win back the land between northumberland and edinburgh; and the Murray family is caught in the middle, shifting its alliances to try to survive.