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		<title>Picture in the Sidebar: Linlithgow Palace</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/03/picture-in-the-sidebar-linlithgow-palace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check the end of the post for the continuing blog hop and dynamic story writing contest, both of which have prizes! Elsewhere, I have mentioned that I planned my trip to Scotland carefully in order to visit all the locations in Blue Bells of Scotland. But I made several unplanned stops. It was our first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unfortunate Adam Newton</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/01/the-unfortunate-adam-newton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was not Adam Newton&#8217;s day.  He must have wondered, when he heard that he would be the next messenger to Robert the Bruce, what he had done to anger the clerics above him.  The previous messengers, sent by the cardinals Luke and Jocelin, probably in early September 1317, had been pleasantly but firmly sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights Templar and Bluebells</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/11/knights-templar-and-bluebells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bannockburn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary Knights Templar and the dainty bluebell: an unlikely pair.  However, the Knights Templar are among the research topics of which I have skimmed the surface, in writing the Blue Bells Trilogy.  Of course, the trilogy is not directly about the flower.  In fact, not at all, really.  The title comes from a piece of standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Burton Review and Giveaway</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/09/the-burton-review-and-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week Three of the Blue Bells of Scotland opens at The Burton Review.  Included are a guest post about my experience on the banks of the Bannockburn, where the great battle happened, and a giveaway.  Stop by and leave a comment for a chance to win a copy! Today&#8217;s Research: The Post Bannockburn Years There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Methven</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/08/battle-of-methven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A battle which begins with the Oath of the Swans and ends with a full commitment to guerrilla tactics: this is the Battle of Methven, a disaster in the short run for Robert the Bruce, but perhaps a learning experience for him that eventually led to much greater disaster for England.  On February 10, 1306, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Robert the Bruce</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/07/happy-birthday-robert-the-bruce/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/07/happy-birthday-robert-the-bruce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in history, in 1274, Robert the Bruce was born, most likely at Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire. The third of ten children, he was the oldest of five sons.  His older sister, Isabel, became the queen of Norway.  His younger brother, Edward, briefly took the throne of Ireland during the Scottish Wars of Independence.  His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today in History: Aftermath of Bannockburn</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/06/today-in-history-aftermath-of-bannockburn/</link>
		<comments>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/06/today-in-history-aftermath-of-bannockburn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blue Bells of Scotland is being featured today by Alistair Forrest, author of the debut historical fiction Liberatas, at Qhistorical, his online history quiz.  He reserves the right to offer amazing prizes, such as cars and luxury homes, when the sponsorship money rolls in.  So just in case the money rolled in last night, hurry over to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researching Today: Melrose Abbey</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/05/researching-today-melrose-abbey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 01:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architechture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I research a sequence of hiking scenes today, I find myself in the midst of some of Scotland&#8217;s great and picturesque medieval ruins. Castle Campbell  There&#8217;s Castle Campbell, high in the Ochil Hills between the Burn of Care and the Burn of Sorrow, and once called Castle Gloom. How much more evocative can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Children</title>
		<link>https://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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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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		<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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