# Mathew’s Tale

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- Book: [Mathew’s Tale](https://www.bookquiver.com/quintin-jardine/mathews-tale) ([Mathew’s Tale.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/quintin-jardine/mathews-tale.md))
- Authors: [Quintin Jardine](https://www.bookquiver.com/quintin-jardine)
- Publisher: headline
- ISBN: 978-07-5538-562-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2015-07-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this, his landmark fortieth novel, Quintin Jardine tells the remarkable story of a man's quest for justice - at any cost. 1818, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Mathew Fleming returns home to Scotland following heroic service at the Battle of Waterloo. After seven years away, he is a ghostly presence to those he left behind. But Mathew is ambitious and soon becomes a man of influence in his county and beyond. Yet through all his success, he still hides the loss of his one true love. When a terrible act of murder occurs, Mathew must choose between the rule of blood and the rule of law. And as a man of honour with a warrior's instincts, he embarks on a journey of vengeance that will test every sinew of his faith in mankind...