
Patrick, Earl of Dunbar was not interested in warfare and matters of state, but these were troubled times. As the Norsemen and Vikings began to threaten trading links with Norway and the Baltic, Patrick and his shrewd and strong-minded wife summon all their ingenuity to protect...

Patrick of Dunbar was more interested in encouraging the trade generated by the great wool production of his sheep-strewn Lammermuir Hills than in warfare and matters of state. But these were troubled times. The Scottish king, Alexander III, was but a child and the heir to the...