Summer reading: the myths and mysteries of the Stone of Destiny

In a summer-reading feature on new titles from the Perth publisher Tippermuir Books, The Orkney News introduced the book as a historical detective story about the Stone of Destiny, also called the Stone of Scone.

The article sets out the book’s central question — was the stone in Westminster Abbey at the coronation of Charles III the original, or a substitute? — and mentions the book’s point that the original stone had a different shape. It also carries the endorsements by Charles MacLean and Marie Macpherson, and notes the illustrations by Rob Hands.

“David Maule leaves no stone unturned as he casts a forensic eye over the evidence.”