Full of modern Druid magic and the feuds of old-time Highland clans. This is how Tavish and Tomas's parents met, fell in love, and birthed many heros of the other books. Drama teacher Emily Shaw has never met a man quite like Dall MacGregor. And there's good reason for that: he's from 1540. Emily's summer crush is taking her back in time.
When time traveler Evangeline Andrada decided to help a Scottish slave in an English settlement in the New World, she never counted on getting shipped off to Ireland to help another stranger. Now she's falling for a slave and running out of time.
This is a box set of Jane Stain's best-selling Renaissance Fair series that gave us Tavish & Kelsey: Renaissance Fair, Renaissance Festival, and Renaissance Man.
**Review
...a suspenseful clean read with action ... introduced me to some funny and some spooky characters and made me feel like I was with them as I turned pages trying to find out what would happen next. --Amazon Customer
The detailed activities at the faire made me feel like I was a part of the festivities. Stain's accounts of sixteenth century Scotland were well researched. The authenticity drew my attention and held me until the end. I couldn't put the book down. --Janet
Emily and her best friend Vange are invited into the inner circle of those who make faire their life. They sign up for the season, but what they get is a life-altering adventure. --DogsMom
...done in a way that you would not mind your teenage daughter reading it. --DAVice
Reading Order
Tavish
Seumas
Tomas
Kilts at the Renaissance Faire
Time of the Celts
Time of the Picts
Time of the Druids
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From the Author
This story is how my imagination wanted the renaissance faire to be, complete with actual time travel.
My university studies were in literature rather than history, so I started my research into the history of Clan MacGregor from 1540 to 1560 with the online version of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. It is the official Who's Who of every person who influenced the history of the United Kingdom. I heartily recommend giving it a search whenever you want to know the official record of a historical figure from that region.
Some truths many will find surprising about 16th Century Scottish Highlanders:
Cattle, not sheep, were their main livestock.
Intermarriage with Vikings in centuries past was what made their blood hotter than that of their cousins in Ireland and lowland Scotland.
Gaelic was still their main language.
Clan MacGregor descends from Viking Lord Donnchadh Beag's son Griogair (year 1330).
My portrayals of the following characters were fact-checked against their official biographies:
Allistair MacGregor, Clan Chief at Glen Strae
Cailean Liath (Colin) Campbell, the one who made the MacGregor name a death sentence
Not much is known officially about the 1560s history of Shane O'Neill, the outlaw Irish clan chief who was the rightful heir to the Irish throne in Tyrone. However, all my sources agree he employed Highlanders as bodyguards called gallowglasses, so I ran with that.
The rest of the people in this book are fictional, but the details of the clothes they wore and the day-to-day experiences of their lives in 1540 to 1563 are based on my six years (1987 - 1993) with the theatrical company that put on the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California. Founders Ron and Phyllis Patterson started the very idea of renaissance faires, in 1963.
Of course, my characters travel quite a bit in the story, through the Highlands and into Ireland and the New World. Google Earth made it possible for me to virtually travel with them. It was fun! Distances and topography are thus relatively accurate.
When time traveler Evangeline Andrada decided to help a Scottish slave in an English settlement in the New World, she never counted on getting shipped off to Ireland to help another stranger. Now she's falling for a slave and running out of time.
This is a box set of Jane Stain's best-selling Renaissance Fair series that gave us Tavish & Kelsey: Renaissance Fair, Renaissance Festival, and Renaissance Man.
**Review
...a suspenseful clean read with action ... introduced me to some funny and some spooky characters and made me feel like I was with them as I turned pages trying to find out what would happen next. --Amazon Customer
The detailed activities at the faire made me feel like I was a part of the festivities. Stain's accounts of sixteenth century Scotland were well researched. The authenticity drew my attention and held me until the end. I couldn't put the book down. --Janet
Emily and her best friend Vange are invited into the inner circle of those who make faire their life. They sign up for the season, but what they get is a life-altering adventure. --DogsMom
...done in a way that you would not mind your teenage daughter reading it. --DAVice
Reading Order
Tavish
Seumas
Tomas
Kilts at the Renaissance Faire
Time of the Celts
Time of the Picts
Time of the Druids
Sign up to be notified of new releases at janestain.com
From the Author
This story is how my imagination wanted the renaissance faire to be, complete with actual time travel.
My university studies were in literature rather than history, so I started my research into the history of Clan MacGregor from 1540 to 1560 with the online version of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. It is the official Who's Who of every person who influenced the history of the United Kingdom. I heartily recommend giving it a search whenever you want to know the official record of a historical figure from that region.
Some truths many will find surprising about 16th Century Scottish Highlanders:
Cattle, not sheep, were their main livestock.
Intermarriage with Vikings in centuries past was what made their blood hotter than that of their cousins in Ireland and lowland Scotland.
Gaelic was still their main language.
Clan MacGregor descends from Viking Lord Donnchadh Beag's son Griogair (year 1330).
My portrayals of the following characters were fact-checked against their official biographies:
Allistair MacGregor, Clan Chief at Glen Strae
Cailean Liath (Colin) Campbell, the one who made the MacGregor name a death sentence
Not much is known officially about the 1560s history of Shane O'Neill, the outlaw Irish clan chief who was the rightful heir to the Irish throne in Tyrone. However, all my sources agree he employed Highlanders as bodyguards called gallowglasses, so I ran with that.
The rest of the people in this book are fictional, but the details of the clothes they wore and the day-to-day experiences of their lives in 1540 to 1563 are based on my six years (1987 - 1993) with the theatrical company that put on the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California. Founders Ron and Phyllis Patterson started the very idea of renaissance faires, in 1963.
Of course, my characters travel quite a bit in the story, through the Highlands and into Ireland and the New World. Google Earth made it possible for me to virtually travel with them. It was fun! Distances and topography are thus relatively accurate.