This book is about James Douglas of Scotland when he was eighteen years of
age. A Kingdom's Cost begins in the year 1300 in Paris and ends in Scotland.
There are historical characters such as William Wallace, King Edward l of
England (who was known as Longshanks), the Bishop of Andrews, William Lamberton
(who crowned Robert de Bruce as King of Scotland), William Douglas the Hardy,
father of James and there is Isabella, the love of James.
James is the main character and the book is about
his struggle for Scotland, with others, to become free of England and for James
to regain his rightful land.
The beginning chapters are filled with historical facts and the time frame
moves quickly. It took me close to one hundred pages to really get in to the
personal part of the book. I know little of Scottish history and did learn a lot
from A Kingdom's Cost and the war between England and Scotland during the reign
of Edward l. As far as I could read with my extra research the author was close
to the facts.
There was so much fighting and war, I kept wondering why so much. I got my
answer on pages 196-197: "For Islemen and highlanders, war was a sport they
savored".
This book will give the reader a big nudge to learn more of the history of
Scotland. I have been to Scotland and know some of the area and some history. I
even went to Inverness but Nessie did not show herself that day.
I look forward to reading more by J. R. Tomlin. I want to thank her for the
opportunity to read A kingdom's Cost.
I received a complimentary copy of this e-book to read and review. The
opinions are my own. I will post this on my blog: www.mnleona.blogspot.com, Smashwords
and LibraryThing.
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