Yes, he was a highly successful writer, but he was so much more, and in the tradition of old, he wove many tales of Ancient Scotland as few historians could.Īnd The Bruce Trilogy is Tranter at his best (a wee bit redundant since Tranter was always at his best). Nigel Tranter was a seanchaidh, and he is sadly missed. When the seanchaidh wove his tales of magick, auld gods or warrior-kings of Scotland, he was not recanting something created from his mind he was passing on oral heritage that was handed down through the ages. In the Gaelic, they are called seanchaidh and they were the keepers of stories, lore and history of the Clans, the historian, the recorder. Storytellers are so much more than a writer. There are many great writers in the field of historical fiction.
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