The Greyfriars Kirk
A Franciscan lay brother tends his church on the morning two lords come to meet before the high altar, and must reckon with what the stones remember after they leave.
Set in February 10, 1306
Robert Bruce · John Comyn
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After Falkirk
A Scottish archer walks north from a broken field, his body carrying him before his mind has caught up.
Set in July 22, 1298
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A boy carries water through the Scottish camp on the night before Stirling Bridge, and the river teaches him what the commanders already know.
Set in September 10, 1297
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The Ragman Rolls
An English clerk processes the submission of a conquered kingdom at Berwick, and finds his certainty unmade not by what his pen records but by what it cannot.
Set in August 1296
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The Competitors
A ferryman on the River Tweed carries Scotland's claimants south to English judgement, and counts the crossings that do not return.
Set in May 1291
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The Maid in the Harbour
A Norwegian ship's surgeon files a supplementary medical report on the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, and discovers that clinical language cannot contain a seven-year-old girl.
Set in September 1290
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The Kinghorn Shore
On the last night of his life, Alexander III rides through a storm toward a future that will never arrive.
Set in March 1286
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