The Stone — Nigel Tranter

Plundered from Scotland by Edward I in 1296, the Stone of Destiny lay beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey for 700 years -- but for centuries rumour and speculation have surrounded the origins of this legendary symbol of Royal power. Was this the real Stone, or merely a 13th century fake? Is the Stone that finally returned to Scotland in 1996 and now rests within the cient walls of Edinburgh Castle just a lump of sandstone, hastily quarried at Scone to deceive the 13th century English invaders, while the true Scottish Coronation Stone was spirited away to a secret hiding place somewhere in Perthshire?

The Stone is Nigel Tranter's extraordinary tale of the quest for the true Stone of Destiny, and with it the possible solution to a mystery that has endured for more than 700 years.