Marion Campbell

A very readable book about the last of the Canmore kings whose successor was a frail girl who died before she made it to Scotland. Alexander’s relationship with Henry III of England is closely followed as Henry became Alexander’s father-in-law. Henry may not have been the best of kings, but he was an attentive father and worried about his children’s welfare, especially his daughter, Margaret, who became Queen of Scots at such an early age.
The genealogical tables were wonderful in keeping track of who’s who, legitimate and otherwise, as far as political upheavals were concerned. Queen Margaret had given Scotland two sons and a daughter, unfortunately they all predeceased their father and Alexander’s Golden Age and night ride to death would lead to competition for the Scottish throne, the magnates invitation to Edward I of England to chose their king and the War of Independence.… (mehr)