Clare Royland: rich, beautiful and unhappy, the childless wife of a City banker, obsessed by her ancestress and a strange, inexplicable dream . . .
1306: Isobel, Countess of Buchan, persecuted for her part in crowning Robert the Bruce, her lover . . . Duncairn Castle: Isobel's home, Clare's heritage, battle ground for passions spanning the centuries . . .