King Hereafter Author:Dorothy Dunnett It is the eleventh century, and Europe is full of young kings--some dreaming of a new civilization, some content to live as their forefathers have done, and all ceaselessly fighting, befriending or betraying each other. — Such is the world of the real Macbeth, part Christian, part Viking, who has the imagination and determination to move himself ... more »and his people out of a barbarian past and into flowering nationhood. In this brilliant re-creation of his life we see him as a man of extraordinary courage, wit and skill...utterly self-reliant yet profoundly in love with the woman he marries...a pirate of the sea yet a prince with the foresight and passion to set him apart from other men.« less