New Werk: "A castle with almost no tale to tell"

By Nigel Rennie

Feuds and vendettas in 16th century Scotland reached a peak that has rarely been surpassed in any country. How the Scots found time to fight against their mutual enemy England is difficult to imagine but they often did not use the excuse that the enemy of their enemy was their friend, rather that the enemy was the English and any feud that intervened was set aside for the "good of the nation".
This true story covers the period circa 1550 to 1650 and the turbulent life of Sir Patrick Maxwell of Newark. The Maxwells of Newark were relatively short lived as a branch of the Maxwells of Pollock and it is possibly as a result of their relative obscurity that little has been written about them, however they have proved to be a typical microcosm of life in medieval Scotland and lived through the one of the greatest political and social transformations in the British Isles when King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England and the United Kingdom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F65YNNYM
• ISBN13: 9798312988871
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"