Listen "Edinburgh Castle: Scotland’s Dark Heart"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textPicture this. You’re standing on a black volcanic rock, the wind clawing at your coat, the sound of bagpipes drifting faintly from somewhere down on the Royal Mile. Ahead of you, looming over the city like a brooding giant, is Edinburgh Castle. Its stone walls, scarred by centuries of fire, rebellion, and siege, rise from the crag as if carved by some ancient hand. This isn’t just a fortress. It’s the beating heart of Scotland’s story.Here kings were crowned, traitors were executed, and treasures guarded. Armies battered at these gates again and again, yet the castle endured, a stubborn sentinel on its rock. Within its walls lies blood, betrayal, power, and pride. From Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots to Jacobite rebels and German prisoners of war, every stone whispers a tale.This is no museum of dust and relics. It’s a place alive with ghosts, legends, and the echoes of war drums. Welcome to Edinburgh Castle, the stage on which Scotland’s darkest and most glorious chapters were played.Support the showFor books written and published by Keith Hocton www.entrepotpublishing.com
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