Book description
The son of an Edinburgh merchant, Hope had a spectacular beginning to
his career: at the age of seventeen, before he had even finished his
legal education, he travelled to France to triumph in his first court
case and caught the attention of his young king, James VI. It was the
beginning of a life at the heart of the government of Scotland. From
James VI and I to Cromwell, from John Knox to Montrose, Lord Advocate
Hope was a rock in a fast-changing world. He witnessed the reigns of
Charles I and Charles II, the founding of the East India Company,
affairs of state and affairs of the heart, matters political and
diplomatic. No dry-as-dust-lawyer, he was a friend as well as an advisor
to the three kings he served. An age of change, violence and upheaval
brought vividly to life in this gripping historical novel. HOPE ENDURES
is the last novel Nigel Tranter completed before his death in January
2000.
