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Birthright
Birthright is the heart-stopping conclusion to T. K. Roxborogh's epic Banquo's Son series. Fleance, King of Scotland, has made a political marriage to Rachel, the sister of dead King Duncan. It may seem that happiness is not far around the corner with a royal baby expected, but things are far from peaceful in the realm. The young king and queen must dodge daggers in hallways and hold together a nation swept by a savage rebellion and a mysterious illness. And Fleance is still haunted by his first love, Rosie, now married to one of his most trusted friends. Can he keep the throne of Scotland when treachery is around every corner? A storm is brewing and soon the nation may experience the biggest battle in its history.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
301 pages, Paperback
First published July 25, 2012
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About the author
T.K. Roxborogh
17 books54 followersLibrarian Note: Also writes under the pen name Tania Roxborogh.
T. K. Roxborogh lives in New Zealand and has been a teacher since 1989. She is the author of over thirty-five published works across a range of genres: novels, plays for the classroom, Shakespearean texts, English grammar books and adult non-fiction. She teaches English at a secondary school, writes and reads at every opportunity and, with her husband, runs around after her family – both the two- and four-legged kind. Roxborogh loves watching movies and TV shows, and staying in her pyjamas for as long as possible.
T. K. Roxborogh lives in New Zealand and has been a teacher since 1989. She is the author of over thirty-five published works across a range of genres: novels, plays for the classroom, Shakespearean texts, English grammar books and adult non-fiction. She teaches English at a secondary school, writes and reads at every opportunity and, with her husband, runs around after her family – both the two- and four-legged kind. Roxborogh loves watching movies and TV shows, and staying in her pyjamas for as long as possible.
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January 10, 2014
Fabulous read, though I think you would want to read the previous books in the series. Vivid and complex characters and I learned a lot about the times while being absorbed in the story.
April 24, 2014
A great finale to the trilogy! Definitely read the other two first. This book takes so many twists and turns I nearly put my neck out. Clear your calendar for a day once you hit half way cause there's not stopping after that, till the end. And even then you'll be hunting down the author's contact info to beg for missing scenes... (ps. She's on twitter and friendly)
November 5, 2018
As a self-professed Shakespeare nerd, I thought this was an exciting and satisfying conclusion to the series. If you enjoyed MacBeth, T.K. Roxborogh has crafted a loving homage and continuation of Shakespeare’s supernatural tragedy.
October 30, 2018
Fantastic
All the books in this series are well worth reading. Never thought Macbeth would need a sequel, but Roxborogh has taken this story and added her own insight and magic.
All the books in this series are well worth reading. Never thought Macbeth would need a sequel, but Roxborogh has taken this story and added her own insight and magic.
May 3, 2014
Birthright is the third and final book of the Banquo's Son Trilogy.
Fleance is still King of Scotland but things seem to be getting worse. I am not going to bother getting into exactly what happens because that is what the synopsis is for, but anyways...
Birthright is an incredible piece of fiction. It is in my opinion the best of the trilogy. I love that this trilogy may not have been the most sophisticated piece of writing, but it is filled with non stop breathtaking action. It is well thought out and written, as everything flows and intertwines beautifully and creatively. I connected with the characters so easily, how can you not? They are reachable and realistic in every way. I like that the writer does not conform to any formulaic cliche' plot structure, and character content. In all three books, all aspects of the plot were unpredictable and in every twist there was a turn, making the reading experience a bucket load of adrenaline rushes and heart tripping moments. The characters were all individual and certainly non cliche', including the hero himself who suffered from nightmares and lots of other things that we wouldnt expect our hero to go through.
Goodness for the duration of me reading this book I was willingly sucked into world of 11th century Scotland (this illustrates how captivated I was). I even spoke words like 'kin' or 'aye' and imagined having bread and stew (maybe not the ayle..) for breakfast because people had a lot of that ha ha.
Oh and Fleance. How could you not fall in love with Flea?! I loved this handsome Scottish fellow and he was my favourite character. I would marry him in a heartbeat :3
I absolutely enjoyed reading this trilogy because it contained things I love from the Middle Ages, romance, politics, war and Shakespeare, all in between two covers. It was oh so awesome.
Would gladly recommend to everyone! :)
Fleance is still King of Scotland but things seem to be getting worse. I am not going to bother getting into exactly what happens because that is what the synopsis is for, but anyways...
Birthright is an incredible piece of fiction. It is in my opinion the best of the trilogy. I love that this trilogy may not have been the most sophisticated piece of writing, but it is filled with non stop breathtaking action. It is well thought out and written, as everything flows and intertwines beautifully and creatively. I connected with the characters so easily, how can you not? They are reachable and realistic in every way. I like that the writer does not conform to any formulaic cliche' plot structure, and character content. In all three books, all aspects of the plot were unpredictable and in every twist there was a turn, making the reading experience a bucket load of adrenaline rushes and heart tripping moments. The characters were all individual and certainly non cliche', including the hero himself who suffered from nightmares and lots of other things that we wouldnt expect our hero to go through.
Goodness for the duration of me reading this book I was willingly sucked into world of 11th century Scotland (this illustrates how captivated I was). I even spoke words like 'kin' or 'aye' and imagined having bread and stew (maybe not the ayle..) for breakfast because people had a lot of that ha ha.
Oh and Fleance. How could you not fall in love with Flea?! I loved this handsome Scottish fellow and he was my favourite character. I would marry him in a heartbeat :3
I absolutely enjoyed reading this trilogy because it contained things I love from the Middle Ages, romance, politics, war and Shakespeare, all in between two covers. It was oh so awesome.
Would gladly recommend to everyone! :)
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