The Admiral — Nigel Tranter

Determined to avenge his father, slain by English privateers off the coast of the Isle of May, Andrew Wood's national renown as a fearless pirate-slayer brought him to the attention of King James III.

Eventually promoted to become Baron of Largo and Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Wood's bold defence of Scottish waters was to incur the wrath of King Henry VII of England. Wood was now in great danger.

In his own inimitable style, Nigel Tranter tells the incredible story of how this humble laird from Largoshire became Scotland's most famous sailor and one of the king's most valued officers-of-state: a skilled negotiator who greatly aided his nation's cause at a time of international unrest.