A Flame for the Fire — Nigel Tranter

David, Master of Kennedy, was a determined and purposeful man, blessed with great mental prowess. All he desired, however, was a quiet family life, together with peace and prosperity for his people of Carrick.

But it was not his valuable personal qualities which were to bring David Kennedy to the attention of Scotland's romantic and personable monarch, James IV, but rather the identity of his sister, beautiful Janet with her flame-red hair.

Whatever its cause, the association between the King and David Kennedy was to prove highly beneficial to Scotland in the troubled years ahead when Henry VIII and the English Tudors sought to style themselves suzerains, or Lords Paramount, of the northern kingdom.