Kind and passionate but tormented by deeds both past and present, Fergus seems to see in her far more than beauty and courage. To King Fergus of Galloway, however, she is Amadan De, a Gaelic name meaning Butterfly or God's Fool. Eventually, the young woman writes of her experience, so it is her own voice that is heard in the vel Galiene, which uses as its title the name given to the proud and spirited young Englishwoman by the Scottish warriors. This is her remarkable story of loss, survival and love. Before the morning is over, her home is in flames, her family is dead and she is taken captive by the Scottish army that invaded rthern England in 1138. Rumours of war are buzzing around her, yet the young healer who wrote those words could t have imagined the catastrophic changes that were coming that day. That morning had come like any other fair dawn in the cool of spring: crisp and sparkling and fresh with the air of change.
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