The Rebellion Continues!


"Book #3 breaks the mold" -mbs

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“Splendid! Wonderful!! Electrifying!!! The battle scene is a thriller. You know the outcome, but you will read it eagerly and find yourself caught up in the battle as if you were there on  horseback with de Brus. Some of the best dialogue I’ve ever read is between the book’s undermanned heroes and those between the dreaded villains. By far Rebel King, Book III, Bannok Burn is the best of the [authors'] three volumes on Robert de Bruce, and the first two are page turners in their own right! The battle is over but the story is not. Stay tuned.

Frank Shaw, reviewer

-Frank R. Shaw Beth's New Fangled Family Tree on electricscotland

Other Reviews about Rebel King by Frank Shaw for Family Tree Newspaper posted on Electric Scotland.

Rebel King -Hammer of the Scots February/March, 2003

Rebel King -The Har'ships: October, 2004

Rebel King - Bannok Burn: June, 2006

 


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Rebel King - Hammer of the Scots

This is the first in the critically acclaimed series that illuminates the Chronicles of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. Based closely on historical facts, the series concentrates on the heroic and quite human characters who willingly jeopardized their lives, limbs,  properties, titles, and their very souls to drive their stories into Scotland's history.

With his rag-tag army, Robert takes his country's crown to battle Edward I, King of England, the "Hammer of the Scots" who commanded the greatest military in their world.

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Rebel King - The Har'ships

King Robert turns his genius for guerilla warfare against the majority of his countrymen, who have pledged their lives and considerable fortunes to the English King and the task of killing the Bruce.

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Everyone knows Diana Gabaldon!

And here she is with us in our tent.

July 12th, while at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games with fellow author and ofttimes tent mates, Jeanne Treat and photographer R. Shane Davis, our next-tent neighbor was Black Bear Books from nearby Boone, NC. Scott Wheeler, the store's manager, had invited Diana Gabaldon to the mountain to sign her books. She graciously came to our tent for a minute of conversation and a couple of photographs before accumulating fans demanded her presence back in the Black Bear tent. It was a lot of fun and Diana is charming. Another boon to us is that Black Bear Books is now carrying our works as well!

 

Diana Gabaldon is The New York Times' best-selling author of the Outlander series, which tells the story of Jamie Fraser, a Scots Highlander from the 18th century, and his time-traveling wife, Claire.

 

WHAT OUR READERS HAVE SAID...

 

Having completed Bannok Burn, I await the next novel.

I am the one that purchased all three books at Orlando,... jokingly advising that I was from the Jewish chapter of St. Andrew.

I waited until March to start Book One, knowing that we were to take a Mediterranean cruise... and I would then take with me Book Two.

Came back and took 5  days to finish Book Three.

Now I am thirsty for more...

Even though I am Jewish, an Anglophile, I have loved the pipes for over 40 years and sometimes cry during certain melodys.

I have a recording of scottish drums and could feel them during the battle march AS WELL feel the climb to Edinburgh Castle.  My wife and I... climbed straight up from the park below the castle and had to do so on our knees holding the grass.

Although you described the attack from the side, I felt the climb and what must have been utter fear.  Did it occur exactly as you told was not important. Your novel followed history and all were superb reading.

SO--is there a fourth book to tell me about Robert's family and to fill in the blanks in my TimeLine book?

Regards Steve

July 2009


 

I have really enjoyed your books. Love Scotland and especially King Robert. Your books put me right there. Lots of fun. Thanks,

---Laura Luciani June 2009


 

Just wanted you to know I finished the third book and just loved it!!
The books just keep getting better and better! I am really glad that
we ran into each other at Loon Mountain. Please let me know when the
fourth book comes out. You really have put a lot into these books and
it shows. My hat is off to you two. I forgot to mention how much I
liked the drawings also. I have shown them to many of our friends.
                             -- Dana A Shaw -Apr, 2009


 

  Thank you for your wonderful stories.  I received Book 3 signed and in perfect shape.  I am well into the story and it lives up to the bar you all have set.  I really love the books.  I am an avid Scottish History and Historical Fiction reader and have a modest little collection of books.  I have to admit that your books now have earned a place on my favorites book shelf with Tranter, O’Brian, Barrow, Prebble, McNamee and Young.

                Shawn Marchinek

Below is part of Mr. Marchinek's review he posted on Amazon for our Rebel King, Book One, Hammer of the Scots...

 

Robert the Bruce, live and raw, January 31, 2008

I am a huge Nigel Tranter fan and hesitated to pick up another historical fiction account of the life of Robert Bruce and the rest of the famous Scots and English from the early 14th century. I received the Hammer of the Scots as a gift and now I have no regrets. I could not put the book down. I stayed up late for a couple of nights until I finished it... I went back to read some chapters over again just to re-live the experience. In my opinion this is in a different category from Tranter. I wouldn't say better but different. Whereas Tranter saw life through one character and sometimes a little more righteous than some would, Charles and Carolyn Bruce give us a raw look at believable people. Each chapter is of a specific day and from another character's viewpoint. Most were actual people but some are fictitious. All the characters are believable. They have human problems, not perfect or beautiful. They are cold, poor, hungry or proud, arrogant and strong. They seem REAL. This book was a pleasure and a breath of fresh air to read. The Hammer of the Scots is full of equal doses of action and emotion.


 

07/18/08 "I am reading a borrowed copy of Book 1 and decided at [Grandfather Mountain Highland] Games to get Book 2.  When rains interrupted and I got home looked at your web site, I decided to get all 3 since I am enjoying my reading so much.  ...every time I put [the] book down, I can not wait to pick it back up."

 

Dave Henderson

 
 

3/18/08 "I was driving down Kempsville [Road] on March 17th and ended up behind someone in a black SUV with RebelKing.com on the back window.  Being a lover of Scots/Irish history I was intrigued. Now I think I might be hooked after looking over the website for the past two days."

 

3/30/08 "Reading it is almost like being there and I actually was in the cave where King Robert watched the spider when I vacationed in Scotland in '94 and even have a picture from being in the cave and looking out hanging in my living room.  I am so glad that I ended up behind the black SUV with the website advertised on the back window." 

 

Emalee

 


 

03/14/08 "I read the first two and greatly enjoyed them. Just by chance I checked your web site and found there was a third book. I am looking forward to reading it also."
 

Bruce McCord

 


 
 

03/03/08 "I picked up book one at the North Florida Games, it was absolutely wonderful, thank you.  Very much looking forward to the rest of the series."

 

Shannon
 


 

2/29/08 "I enjoy your books immensely.  Thanks for autographing them.  I hope to buy your 4th book at Grandfather Mountain this summer!"  (Sorry they are not available yet -- We're working on them!!)


Kathryn Holley

 
 

02/22/08 "The books are wonderful.  Thank you for the history lesson !! We met you at the Celtic [Festival] in Hudson, New York....Look forward to your next book."

Diane Ludwig

 


 02/01/08 "I love your books!"

 

Michael Anderson

 


"I have read all three of your books, just finished them spaced amongst my life's busy schedule. I find your books enthralling... I appreciate [them so] that I have placed your books next to those of Mario Puzo, an author who I have read and admire his work... I believe you have written your books with the same level of absorption and detail retention that Mr. Puzo did...

Of course, at least one of Mario Puzo books was made into a classic film for movie goers and I would hope that the same might happen to this series. The story of The Bruce is absolutely as engrossing as that of the recent Scottish historical movie, Braveheart... in fact this story should be more so because The Bruce was successful in the wars for freedom.

 

Terrence R. Hohnhorst, P.E., L.M.ASCE

 


book TV logo Charles Randolph Bruce and Carolyn Hale Bruce were on C-Span2 on April 19, 2008. The discussion was about "Successful Self-Publishing" and was filmed at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, VA. Virginia Festival of the Book logo

Dark Birthright Book Cover Check Out Dark Birthright, a book published by Ahead of the Hangman Press. It has Mystery, Romance and Violence in Seventeenth Century Scotland! Lots of great reviews  Click Here for More Info

From our talk before the Scottish Society of Tidewater (VA), here's the short, but true telling of William Wallace and Andrew Murray, and how they shrewdly brought the English forces to defeat at the 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge. (It is a far cry from the Hollywood version in Braveheart).

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King Robert the Bruce in miniature! These were sent to me as a gift from "EBOB",  a person of enormous talent. The full height of this pewter cast sculpture from hoof to axe top is a mere two and a quarter inches! Perhaps he will sculpt more of the cast of characters from the Rebel King chronicles. You can catch up to him at ebobminiatures.com and see his large collection!

Thanks Bob!

Click Here to Read a Pre-Book Chapter to -Hammer of the Scots


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MOODY GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN HIGHLAND GAMES

2009

The 54th annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games was one of variety... in entertainment, competitions, demonstrations, wares, and weather! But then, that's the norm for this event, one of the nation's finest. And of course the scenery is breathtaking, like the view at right of Grandfather Mountain after a storm.

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We enjoy climbing the mountain to MacRae Meadows where we meet up with old friends, like balladeer Colin Grant-Adams (left) and goldsmith Rob Piland (right). Then too, one of the nicest parts of being there is making new friends as we chat with folks who stop by our tent to talk about our books, about Scots history, and especially about Robert the Bruce.
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Albannach Band with Carolyn and Randolph Bruce

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Jamesie Johnston as a Rebel King character

Our good friends, the famous band Albannach from Glasgow Scotland, are here shown posing with us and our Rebel King books at the Middle Tennessee Games! Jamesie modeled for one of the characters (at left) in our third book, Rebel King, Bannok Burn, and we hope to have the rest of the band members in our next book!


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The first Albannach CD, much sought after by collectors of Celtic Music, won Celtic Radio's 2006 Album of the Year Award!

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