Book of the Month at the Tarbat Discovery Centre

Duncan Black, a volunteer at the Tarbat Discovery Centre, chose the book as the centre’s Book of the Month. He presents it as a serious attempt to settle whether the Stone now in Perth Museum — used at the coronation of Charles III — is the stone taken from Scone in 1296.

He singles out the court-room structure, with witnesses, suspects and a verdict left to the reader, and recommends it in particular to readers interested in the Wars of Independence and the people involved in them. He calls the research detailed and the reasoning easy to follow.

“presents the evidence, quotes the witnesses, identifies the probable suspects”

“which makes for gripping reading”