{"product_id":"9781452017174","title":"These Stones Bear Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003eColumbus discovered America. So they say. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut what of Leif Ericsson? What of St. Brendan? Who inscribed that anguished message on the Kensington Rune Stone? And who was The Westford Knight?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe are sure that Columbus made it to San Salvador – and back. And the Icelandic Saga shores up faith in Leif Ericsson’s voyage to North America, although scholarly opinion of the Vinland map seems to change every 10 years or so. St. Brendan’s adventure has been pretty generally dismissed as mere myth- as if myth could not be rooted in truth. And the case of the Kensington Rune Stone continues to generate controversy, despite an impressive accumulation of evidence, both environmental and linguistic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd then there is the Westford Knight. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1954, the late Frank Glynn uncovered the figure of a knight in full armor incised on a slab of glacial rock along a roadside in Westford, Massachusetts. The Knight’s helmet, sword and shield all date to a specific decade in the evolution of armor and arms. And the emblem on the shield represents the armorial bearings of Clan Gunn, a noble family based in Scotland’s County Caithness. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe figure is, in fact, a classic military effigy, a type of monument commonly found in ancient gravesites in Scotland and in the north of England. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo what was the Knight doing here?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacts cited in this little book suggest that The Westford Knight sailed westward with his high-born kinsman, Henry Sinclair, baron of Rosslyn and Earl of Orkney, in the service of The Lady King. The author presents the evidence: THESE STONES BEAR WITNESS. The verdict is for the reader to decide. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140520952048,"sku":"9781452017174","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452017174_p0.jpg?v=1763839438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452017174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}