The Wolfe of Badenoch: A Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century

In the waning years of the fourteenth century, two young Scottish knights, Sir Patrick Hepborne and Sir John Assueton, ride homeward after campaigns in France, their armor still bearing the scars of battle. The road carries them across a tentative truce‑ridden England, through rolling countryside that seems to stretch endlessly beneath an evening sky. Their dialogue is laced with the weariness of travel and a yearning for the familiar silver of the Tweed, hinting at the deep bond forged in foreign fields.

Seeking shelter for the night, they aim for the storied hostelry of Norham Castle, famed for the generosity of its keeper, Sir Walter de Selby. As they approach the fortified walls, the flickering torches and distant clang of watchmen set a vivid backdrop for the first stirrings of intrigue. Against this historically rich tapestry, the novel weaves chivalric duty, nascent romance, and the looming uncertainties of a borderland where loyalties are as shifting as the mist over the river.