Edward I – The World of the Blue Bells Trilogy

Posted on June 6, 2017June 12, 2017 by Laura

So now we’ve laid some of the ground work, the background to Bruce’s Heavenly Help. Bruce is at perhaps the lowest point of his life, not merely personally, but in the outlook for his country in its stand against England. . Indeed, Bruce had few followers. The country was torn apart, Comyn supporters against Bruce […]

Category:Edward I, Edward II, Fillan, Methven, Plantagenets, Robert the Bruce, Saints

TaggedHistory, medieval history, scotland, scottish history

Posted on August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 by Laura

Many years ago, tired of the oppression upon his country, a man rose up from the shadows, one without a well-known name, seemingly from nowhere, and led his country in the Scottish Wars for Independence. That man, is now a household name: Sir William Wallace, aka Braveheart. There is not much known of Wallace and […]

Category:Alexander III, Andrew de Moray, Edward I, Eliza Knight, Great Figures of Medieval Scotland, Guest Posts, historical fiction, historical romance, Scottish History, William Wallace, Writers

Posted on March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 by Laura

Please welcome today my friend Ian Colville. In a virtual case of It’s a Small World, I ‘met’ Ian, as best as I can remember (Ian will hopefully correct me if I’m wrong), when he stopped by my blog or facebook author page and said hello, having read my book. On checking out his site, […]

Category:Alexander III, Andrew de Moray, Authors, Chester, Douglasdale, Dumfries, Edward I, Fife, Ian Colville, James Douglas, Places in Scotland, Plantagenets, Politics, Robert Bruce, Robert Bruce the Competitor, Scottish History, Sir William le Hardy

Taggediainthepict, Poetry on the Rocks, Scottish Book of Days

Posted on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 by Laura

It was a hot and muggy July in 1314 at Stirling Castle on the eastern coast of Scotland. Good King Robert, the Bruce, had just won a great victory at Blàr Allt a’ Bhonnaich or the Battle of Bannockburn, sending England’s Edward II, his pride and his army crushed, home to think again. But at […]

Category:Authors, Bannockburn, Battles, castles, Edward I, Guest Posts, historical fiction, JR Tomlin, Medieval Weapons and Warfare, Robert Bruce, Scottish History, Stirling, Writers

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Laura

Once again, we have a winner! An e-mail has been sent out to the winner of the Freedom Hop. ~~ July 10 is a date that was to have great impact on the Scottish Wars of Independence. Before Robert the Bruce became one of Scotland’s greatest kings, there was John Balliol, king of Scots. […]

Category:Andrew de Moray, Battles, blog hops, castles, Churches, Dunbar, Dunbar, Edward I, Great Figures of Medieval Scotland, James Douglas, Robert Bruce, Stracathro, William Wallace

TaggedAndrew de Moray

Category: Edward I

Part Two: St. Fillan and the Bruce

Braveheart: William Wallace by Eliza Knight

Iain The Pict on Scottish Heroes

A Kingdom Without Castles

This Day in Scottish History: The Abdication of John Balliol