When in 1296, the nobles of Scotland together with their weak King Baliol, placed Scotland under the tyrranical rule of King Edward I of England, the country seemed prouds of her chains. However, some of the Scottish nobles were very much ashamed. One of these was Sir William Wallace, who retired to his castle Elderslie. Neighbouring nobles avoided him, fearing his attitude would cause them to lose favour with their conquerors. Therefore, Wallace and his wife were surprised one day, when they had a visitor.

Kings, Nobles and Commoners - States and Societies in Early Modern Europe

Kings, Nobles and Commoners takes head-on the leading questions in the history of early modern Europe--questions vital for an understanding of the period, and now at the top of the history agenda for academics, students and general readers. Was religion the badge of identity and inspiration for the state? What was the nature of the state? Did Protestantism lead to political and economic progress and Catholicism to absolutism, decadence and extinction? Jeremy Black's revisionist history shows that while "bourgeois" Protestant states like the Netherlands and Britain prospered and, in Britain's case, became a global power.

French Religious Wars 1562 - 98

The eight French Wars of Religion began in 1562 and lasted for 36 years. Although the wars were fought between Catholics and Protestants, this books draws out in full the equally important struggle for power between the king and the leading nobles, and the rivalry between the nobles themselves as they vied for control of the king. In a time when human life counted for little, the destruction reached its height in the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre when up to 10,000 Protestants lost their lives.

Montana Royalty

It was cold, they were trapped…and Rory Buchanan had made love to a perfect stranger—and enjoyed it way more than she should have. But how was a regular girl from Whitehorse supposed to know the royal protocol for dealing with a fantasy one-night stand?
It soon became clear that Devlin Barrow would slay any dragon for local girl Rory—a court full of nobles had even descended on the small Montana community. But this relationship was no fairy tale. Because someone was willing to kill to keep Devlin’s secret past from toppling the royal hierarchy.