Written by the English author Charlotte Mary Yonge, āThe Caged Lionā (1870) tells the story of King James I of Scotland - the caged lion of the title - who has been a prisoner in England since childhood.
Itās 1421, Scotland is in chaos, and Malcolm Stewart is desperate to protect his sister and tenants. He enters service as a royal kinsman to James I and sets out on a journey that will see him fight for his King, his country, and for love.
āThe Caged Lionā is an ideal read for those new to Yonge's authorship.
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823 - 1901) was a prolific and popular English novelist, biographer, editor, historian, essayist, and journalist. She is most famous for her novels which include āHeartseaseā, āThe Daisy Chainā, āThe Young Stepmotherā, and the commercially successful āThe Heir of Redclyffeā (1853).
Yonge was also a founder and editor for forty years of āThe Monthly Packetā magazine, while her book, āHistory of Christian Namesā, is considered to be the first serious attempt at recording the subject. Profits from her books were often donated to charitable causes.