Tapestry of the Boar

This book took a while to read, although a good chunk of that can be attributed to my being distracted by other reading commitments (mostly school-related and an online buddy read of the Brandon Sanderson oeuvre). But when I did read it, the reading was pretty easygoing.

In terms of how I feel about the book, I think it's similar to my thoughts on another book by Tranter: Kenneth. Both books cover early periods of Scottish history that I'm not as familiar with, and both feature a romance that is kind of jarring tonally with the rest of the story but involves a woman who has as much independence as one can have in these periods.

As for the accuracy of the information presented, I can't speak to that, but I did somewhat wonder about how show more much information Margaret would have had access to about the Picts when explaining the historical significance of the old Pictish settlements... that felt a bit like "this is what the author knows now and wants to share with us". If the aim of writing these books is to showcase Scottish history and encourage people to read more about it, then Tapestry of the Boar serves that function. show less