Brian Dingle Livres

Every adopted child at some point in their life, no matter how good or bad their upbringing has been must wonder where they came from. Whether it is only peaked by the impending or actual birth of a first child and the inordinate amount of medical questions that have to be answered, that you haven't the answer for. The book is the journey of finding out, the beginning with the adoptive parents, the questions and the searching for the answers and finding the family that got away. A search for who I am and what's my driving force. It is about business and relationships with both adopted family and those of my natural family who I have met along the way and the response of them to me and vice versa. It goes through life journey and its highs and lows, the laughter and tears, and how to treat them all the same as things unfold in front of your eyes. To most people the story always ends happily ever after and a warm reunion with parents for the siblings separated at birth, unfortunately, this isn't always the case and it still has to be dealt with in the same way.

Edward I ‘Longshanks' was one of the most influential of the medieval kings. During his reign, he went on crusade to the Holy Land, suppressed the baron-led uprisings culminating in the defeat of Simon de Montford at the Battle of Evesham, and led military campaigns against the Welsh, the French, and the Scots.Following his conquest of Wales, Edward I was determined to demonstrate his military strength and political authority and instigated a huge, no-expense-spared castle-building programme, led by Master James of St George; these are his legacy - some of the finest examples of late-thirteenth and early-fourteenth century military architecture in Europe.Although Edward I never built stone castles in Scotland as he had done in Wales, he captured and garrisoned many of them to enforce his authority and gain control of Scotland.In the Footsteps of Longshanks meticulously details Edward's travels, the people who stood with him, those that fought against him, and gives a thorough account of the castles that were vital during his reign.