A Noble Cunning is a novel based on the true story of a persecuted Catholic noblewoman who rescued her husband from the Tower of London the night before his scheduled execution by carrying out an elaborate plan with the help of a group of devoted women friends. Set amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king, George I, the novel depicts the ruthless persecution of Catholics and the relentless determination of the protagonist Bethan Glentaggart to save the life of her husband Gavin after he is captured and condemned to death.--Publisher.