The Stone
by Nigel Tranter | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0450010910 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0450010910 Global Overview for this book
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Tranter blends myth, fact and speculation into a satisfying tale of a race to discover the hiding place of the real stone and protect it from those bent on using it. He weaves his love for Scotland, its history and legend in to one of his best works. The Stone of Destiny or Lia Fail, also called the Stone of Scone, was for centuries the coronation “throne” of the Celtic Kings of Scotland. Nearly 700 years ago, Edward Plantagenet, King of England supposedly stole the Stone from the Scots in 1296 after his forces defeated John de Balliol’s army of Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. Edward carried it back to Westminster Abbey and had a throne built around it in 1301 for the English Monarchs. So the last King of the Scots to sit up the Stone was John de Balliol. In 1996 the English returned the Stone of Destiny in a big production on the eve of Scotland’s partial independence from England.
Only the question has been asked for 700 years: is this the real Stone of Destiny or a mockery?
Only the question has been asked for 700 years: is this the real Stone of Destiny or a mockery?
Journal Entry 2 by AnonymousFriend at Strathfield Girls' High School in Strathfield, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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