title: On the Trail of Scotland's History
author:  David R. Ross 
description: The late David R Ross was born in Giffnock, Renfrewshire and in his early life moved to East Kilbride which remained his long-term home-town. Fascinated with Wallace and Scottish history, Ross began at the age of 17 to travel to some of the historical places known in Scotland. Ross's previous best-selling books include James the Good: the Black Douglas, On the Trail of William Wallace and On the Trail of Robert the Bruce which have all been exceptionally well received in both the UK and overseas.
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  P R O L O G U E
  
  G _ordon Land, Scotland, 1496_
  
  They rose from the heather like dead men rising to complain of their bumpy
  purple graves, and Quinn knew by the sneers on their faces, he was the dead
  one.
  
  “Greetin’s, Laird Ross.” A long-legged man sporting an ill-fitting Gordon
  plaid offered a mocking bow, not bothering to knock the dirt from his clothes.
  “Ye be a long drink from home this day, but we heard ye’re no longer sensible
  of boundaries, since summer last.”
  
  Quinn wished he could have called the survey folk to come spray-paint the
  bloody borders of Ross land, but he couldn’t have afforded the extra charges
  to bring them all the way back to the fifteenth century. And oh, how he hated
  being babysat by young boys who knew from birth where Ross land ended and
  Gordon land began.
  
  “I beg pardon, sir.” Quinn nodded. “I trusted my horse to keep me on home
  ground. I’ll be sure to punish him accordingly.”
  
  He laid the reins agai