Daughters of the North

Longlisted for the 2022 Highland Book Prize Mary, Queen of Scots marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwells first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queens court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland, following her from her birth as the daughter of the King of the North to her disastrous union with the notorious Earl of Bothwell and her lasting legacy to the Earldom of Sutherland.