Black Rood News Today

The Black Rood: The Celtic Crusades Book Two by Lawhead, Stephen at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0002247526 - ISBN 13:  9780002247528 - Voyager - 2000 - Softcover

AS a writer about history, I sometimes have to confront issues that have surfaced out of the past to cause controversy in the present day.

It was once as iconic as the Stone of Destiny and gave legitimacy to the Scottish Crown at home and across the realms of medieval Europe.

Black Rood by David Willem tells the fascinating story of one of Scotlands oldest and most significant crown jewels and whether it still exists.

The alarm was raised early on Boxing Day. Police patrol cars were ordered to be on the look-out for a Ford Anglia saloon, which was last seen at 5.15am; the car’s occupants were thought to be a man and a woman “said to have Scottish accents”. Hotels, boarding houses, and restaurants were searched by the CID. Road blocks were set up on the routes into Scotland. The authorities were determined the perpetrators should not escape from London. There had been warnings in the past that somet...