tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4595614893559119960..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The gallant turncoat - or how a Covenanter became a RoyalistDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15593952868604374322020-05-20T14:31:04.711-07:002020-05-20T14:31:04.711-07:00John Buchan stated that Montrose's heart was k...John Buchan stated that Montrose's heart was kept by his family in a casket made from his sword. It was lost somewhere in France in the 19th century. I sometimes wonder if an object resembling a rusty darning egg languishes in a junk shop somewhere. What a find it would be!john.little21https://www.blogger.com/profile/15635079904022215135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-90171232950855943182016-06-23T08:21:59.702-07:002016-06-23T08:21:59.702-07:00Wonderful post about my lifelong hero - I first di...Wonderful post about my lifelong hero - I first discovered him in a couple of books by Margaret Irwin and loved him ever since.<br />If I ever have a decision to make, I always remember his lines:<br /><br />He either fears his fate too much,<br />Or his deserts are small,<br />That dares not put it to the touch<br />To gain or lose it all.<br /><br />Quite appropriate for today!<br />Thank you for reminding me.Christine Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575689858652135192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-28316841910313618212016-06-23T07:58:51.035-07:002016-06-23T07:58:51.035-07:00I suspect my friend Anna knows I am in love with M...I suspect my friend Anna knows I am in love with Montrose. Her post sets it out rather well. Ihad never heard of him until I dedicaed my novel about Kirkcaldy to Scotsman Iain Grimston, who thanked me for referring him to Kirkcaldy with the retort that his hero was Montrose,who soon was mine.Linda Fetterly Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679025414115279660noreply@blogger.com