About Campbell?s Reivers
The story of Alex Campbell begins among the hills and glens of middle Scotland and moves to the Low Countries of Flanders and Zeeland, taking the reader on an exciting journey of romance and adventure where young Alex Campbell is banished from home by his father. He finds the love of his life and is torn from her when he is sent off to join the growing Scots Brigade of mercenaries who serve the faltering cause of William of Nassau/Orange fighting for the freedom of religious worship in the Spanish Nederlands against the mightiest army in the known world ? that of Phillip II, King of Spain and its many territories. Adventures at sea, coupled by adventures on land combine together the strong bonds of love serving to knit together young Alex Campbell, his woman, his men and their women. Alex Campbell?s story is set against the backdrop of 16th Century Europe, a time of great changes in society throughout the developing states in western Europe. It begins when a young King, James VI, is on the throne of Scotland and the child?s birthright is ruled by a succession of Regents. Prince William?s armies continue to be beaten by the Spanish and only the skills of the sea beggars, the precursors of the Royal Dutch Navy, keep the mighty Spaniards from recovering the whole of the Low Countries. Sieges are being waged. Men, women and children are dying from starvation and disease. What price romance? What price the future of any of the Scots in Holland? Campbell?s Reivers takes a fresh look at the period and brings to life the characters involved.
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