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	<description>Discover the world of medieval Scotland</description>
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		<title>Tarah Scott on the MacGregors and the Highland Clearances</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2012/09/tarah-scott-on-the-macgregors-and-the-highland-clearances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Highland Clearances]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does a woman tell her betrothed that she  murdered her first husband? &#160; Elise Kingston is a wanted woman. Nothing,  not even Highlander Marcus MacGregor, will stop her from returning home to  ensure that the man responsible for her daughter&#8217;s death hangs. &#160; Until she must choose between his life and  her revenge. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of the Week: Castle Finlairig</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/01/picture-of-the-week-castle-finlairig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architechture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campbell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finlairig]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s picture in the sidebar is of Castle Finlairig, an unexpected find during my trip to Scotland. When I knew I was going to make the trip, I carefully planned my itinerary to include the places Shawn, Niall, and Amy would see and experience.  One of Shawn&#8217;s first experiences, on arriving in 1314, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Tour Starts Today! and Clan Campbell</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/09/book-tour-starts-today-and-clan-campbell/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/09/book-tour-starts-today-and-clan-campbell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campbell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today kicks off Blue Bells of Scotland&#8217;s two-month virtual book tour, with guest posts, interviews, spotlights, and reviews around the web.  The complete schedule and trailer can be found at Pump Up Your Book!  Today, the novel is featured at The Virginia Beach Publishing Examiner. Keep an eye open, later in September, for guest posts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Children</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-children/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Figures of Medieval Scotland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert the Bruce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children of Robert Bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david ii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elizabeth de burgh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john bruce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert the Bruce had at least two wives, undoubtedly several mistresses, and eleven children.  Of several, a great deal is known; of others, very little and even that is sometimes uncertain. Robert first married Isabella of Mar, daughter of Helen of Wales and the Earl of Mar, one of the seven guardians of Scotland.  What little is known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Brothers</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-brothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christina macruairi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Comyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kildrummy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loch ryan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[melrose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neil bruce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rathlin island]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While sources disagree on the numbers and names of Bruce&#8217;s younger sisters, there is widespread agreement on his brothers.  Only one leaves out Alexander, the youngest.  Nobody could argue that Bruce&#8217;s sisters had easy lives.  Much less so he and his brothers.  Of the five, Bruce, Neil, Edward, Thomas, and Alexander, only Bruce died peacefully, though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Sisters</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-sisters/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-sisters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Figures of Medieval Scotland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert the Bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atholl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isabel bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isabel MacDuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kildrummy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mary bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roxburgh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisters of bruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strathbogie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a shame that only the broadest strokes of Bruce&#8217;s family portrait have come down through history, because with an abundance of brothers, sisters, and, later, children, there must have been many wonderful stories to tell of their younger years.  What remains, however, is a list of names and fates, and a few sketchy ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christina MacRuairi</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/christina-macruairi/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/christina-macruairi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Figures of Medieval Scotland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barbour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina macruairi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina of garmoran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina of mar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fordun]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christina MacRuairi is one of those fascinating characters of whom history records far too little.  Maybe it is only that my first &#8216;sight&#8217; of her was through the eyes of Nigel Tranter, in his Bruce Trilogy, who portrayed her as standing cool as Scottish mist on her ship while enemies attacked and her men fought around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy at Bannockburn</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/strategy-at-bannockburn/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/strategy-at-bannockburn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Figures of Medieval Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medieval Weapons and Warfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert the Bruce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bannockburn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caltrops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clifford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder pits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Tranter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do the Davids of history fight the ever-present Goliaths?  Sometimes, a well-aimed stone and a bit of luck (or God&#8217;s help) does the job.  In the case of Robert the Bruce and the small country of Scotland, standing up to the might of England, with a much larger population, bigger horses, better-equipped knights, stones might not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Balliol</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/john-balliol/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/john-balliol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Figures of Medieval Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medieval Weapons and Warfare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Balliol is a name largely unknown to Americans, but he had the fortune&#8211;good or bad&#8211;to be briefly king of Scotland. John Balliol&#8217;s kingship came via several avenues.  The first was the luck of the draw: he just so happened to be born a great-great-great grandson of David I of Scotland.  I&#8217;m guessing most of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All John Comyns</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/calling-all-john-comyns/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/calling-all-john-comyns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clan History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Badenoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Countess of Buchan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isobel MacDuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Comyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Bruce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the difficulties of researching medieval times is that of repetitive names, and people with a multitude of names.  In medieval Scotland, there are an abundance of Williams, Alexanders, and Roberts.  Even adding last names doesn&#8217;t always help.  Take the name John Comyn.  In the time of Robert Bruce, alone, there are several of [...]]]></description>
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