Young Scots, Davie Lindsay and Janet Cunningham who escaped the notorious witch-hunts of 16th. Century Scotland, have joined their friend Rab at Château de Carzac in the Médoc, near Bordeaux. Janet’s friend, has already fled there. Rab’s uncle, David Johnstone, who originally came from Lockerbie in Scotland, a wine exporter, is owner of the château, which will now be there home.
This romantic adventure in France at the tumultous time of Henri 1V, follows the exploits of these young exiles in a land still suffering from a murderous civil war, where bands of mercenaries roam the countryside, and pirates threaten the seas.
Some years later, Rab returns to visit relatives at Lockerbie, at the time of one of the bloodiest family feuds ever witnessed in Scotland, culminating in the final showdown at the Bloody Sands in Lockerbie.

The remains of the tower of Lochwood Castle near Lockerbie, in Scotland, the seat of the Johnstone Clan and witness to some of the bloodiest episodes in Border history.

William Wallace
This book also reveals for the first time ever, how William Wallace, the great Scots hero of the late 13th c., the real ‘Braveheart’ of the film, was a giant of a man. Stories about him are often said to be myths. It is recorded in the Scotichronicon, written by a monk from Haddington in Scotland in the 15th c. that the French called Wallace, ‘Valais’ because he gathered the Scots around him like grains. Notes in the translation of the book say the meaning of the pun is obscure. I have made it clear. French, Va, means ‘go’ and lais, means ‘staddle’, which is a large frame to support a haystack. He was the Giant Haystacks of his day!