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    Scotland’s Storyteller Nigel Tranter Historical Epic: The Bruce Trilogy

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    Abbotsford Nigel Tranter exhibition author's typewriter © 2006 Scotiana

    Since we are speaking of Robert the Bruce I would like to introduce today Nigel Tranter, a very popular Scottish author who has written, among many other books of historical fiction, a trilogy about the great Scottish king. He died in 2000, at the [...]

    July 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Historical Fiction | Leave a comment

    Robert the Bruce’s Heart Buried at Melrose Abbey

    In 2000, when we first visited Melrose Abbey, we did not know that the heart of Robert the Bruce, the famous Scottish King who defeated the English army at Bannockburn, on 24 June 1314, was buried there.

    Indeed, we didn’t know much about Scotland and its history for it was our first journey there, only [...]

    July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | Leave a comment

    Magnificent Melrose Abbey …

    Hi Mairiuna! Delighted to read your last post    

       

    As we have not had the chance to visit this architectural gem by night, as suggested by Sir Walter Scott in his marvelous poem ” The Lay of the Last Minstrel”, this little video created with the photos we took while visiting the site will inspire a certain “sense [...]

    July 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | Leave a comment

    Melrose Abbey: an Architectural Gem in the Scottish Borders

    Melrose Abbey © 2006 Scotiana

    Melrose Abbey is a religious, historical and architectural landmark in Scotland, one you must not miss when you visit the Scottish Borders, together with the three other very beautiful  Border abbeys : Dryburgh, Jedburgh and Kelso. They are in ruins but we love them all,  especially Melrose and Dryburgh [...]

    July 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Abbeys & Churches | Leave a comment

    Hunting Down Scottish Greenknowe Tower’s Ghosts…

    Mairiuna, as a continuity to your post on Greenknowe Tower, let’s put together a video, mixing the recording that Jean-Claude did of the sound produced when opening the iron gate (the yett) and the pictures we took while investigating this beautiful ruined tower in Berwickshire. 

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    Although local folk tales, as you mentioned, said this place is [...]

    July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Folk Tales & Mysteries | Leave a comment