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Duncan's War (Crown and Covenant #1): 01 Paperback – Illustrated, 1 July 2002
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Douglas Bond
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Matthew Bird
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Product details
- ASIN : 0875527426
- Publisher : P & R Publishing; Illustrated edition (1 July 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780875527420
- ISBN-13 : 978-0875527420
- Reading age : 10 - 13 years
- Dimensions : 13.61 x 2.11 x 21.89 cm
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"Intrigue, Suspense, High-stakes drama. Duncan's War educates and inspires us to look back at heroes of the faith in awe and forward to the return of the King in joy." --R.C. Sproul. Jr. Director, Highlands Study Center
"Children need Christian heroes and Doug Bond's splendid book meets that need. It draws from a genuinely heroic time in church history and tells a story that is rooted and grounded in the truth." --Rob Rayburn
"Here is the ideal book to curl up with on a rainy day, or to read on a dark winter night or on a long journey. Duncan's War will lift you out of today right into the seventeenth century and onto the wild moorlands of southern Scotland. It is a world inhabited by evil, danger, death, courage, and faith, where another red-heada girl called Lindseycrosses Duncan's path at just the right time. How Duncan's day-dreams become reality is a story not to be missed." --Sinclair B Ferguson, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C.
"Children need Christian heroes and Doug Bond's splendid book meets that need. It draws from a genuinely heroic time in church history and tells a story that is rooted and grounded in the truth." --Rob Rayburn
"Here is the ideal book to curl up with on a rainy day, or to read on a dark winter night or on a long journey. Duncan's War will lift you out of today right into the seventeenth century and onto the wild moorlands of southern Scotland. It is a world inhabited by evil, danger, death, courage, and faith, where another red-heada girl called Lindseycrosses Duncan's path at just the right time. How Duncan's day-dreams become reality is a story not to be missed." --Sinclair B Ferguson, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C.
About the Author
Douglas Bond is the author of a number of books of historical fiction and biography. He and his wife have two daughters and four sons. Bond is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America, a teacher, a conference speaker, and a leader of church history tours.
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The Crown & Covenant series follows the lives of the M’Kethe family as they endure persecution in 17th–century Scotland. Douglas Bond weaves together fictional characters with historical figures from Scottish Covenanting history.
Young Duncan M'Kethe finds himself caught in the web of Sir James Turner, the former Covenanter turned military leader of the persecutors.
Duncan is torn by his hatred of Turner's dragoons, who have treated his friends cruelly, and his father's instructions to love them.
He must be true to Jesus Christ while attempting to rescue his father from enemy hands.
The Crown & Covenant series includes:
- Book 1 - Duncan’s War
- Book 2 - King’s Arrow
- Book 3 - Rebel’s Keep
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Retroguy
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worthy but heavy going
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2009Verified Purchase
I bought this to read with my 15 year-old son. In it's favour is that it transports you to the world of 17th century Scotland and very effectively puts you in the shoes of Duncan, its teenage hero. However, the writing is, in my opinion, laboured, and suffers from the author attempting to convey accent and idiom too exactly. There are exciting incidents but the plot moves slowly and the passionate Christian faith of the Covenantors too often reads as a sermon rather than a natural part of life. A bold attempt that falls short. UPDATE I wrote this initial review after almost giving up on the book - but the story stuck in our minds and eventually my son and I had to go back and find out what happened to Duncan. I'm glad we did because the second half of the book is far better: the pace picks up and the action finally arrives, moving to a compelling conclusion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
AWESOME!!!! ❤❤❤
Reviewed in the United States on 8 July 2017Verified Purchase
If you love history, then this is the book for you!! It is the first of an epic trilogy that brings you on a fantastic journey to 17th century Scotland. The passion for Christ, the accurate depiction of life in that time, and the fight for liberty makes me thrilled to the bone! I couldn't possibly say enough about this, it has been one of my favorites since I was fourteen, and I'm now seventeen, and have read it countless times =)
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JNH
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books (out of thousands) that our family has had the privilege to own
Reviewed in the United States on 28 March 2017Verified Purchase
The children can't put it down when they read it for themselves, nor will they permit me to stop when I read it out loud to them. Besides the obvious entertainment value, the book communicates sound theology, godly living, and accurate 17th century Scottish history. It is one of the great jewels of our library.
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Martin C. Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for a Deployed Soldier
Reviewed in the United States on 6 September 2011Verified Purchase
As a soldier deployed to Afghanistan while reading this, I found it a very encouraging and thought-provoking book.
I've always loved the stories of the Scottish Covenanters, especially the steadfast faith they exhibited during their many hardships (I think Fair Sunshine is a convicting little book when it comes to being willing to give up your life for the faith). Without idolizing them, I must say I look at many of them--and many other early Reformers--as spiritual giants, used mightily by God, compared to me and my "trials."
This short novel, I believe to be very well written; Bond has a good handle on how to write a good novel, especially for someone not as well known as the popular writers of the day.
Besides being a good story. It also contains a good amount of biblical truth in it; it deals with many of the questions I've had myself when attempting to reconcile my Christian faith with my temporal duty as a soldier. When is it right to take another life? How is it loving our enemies to do so? When is war/fighting/violence just? Why, if God is for us, does he allow us to be defeated at times (and not just in war, but in many aspects of life)?
I highly recommend this book. I am actually looking forward to reading the next two! I'm sure I'll be writing a review on those as well.
I was thinking while reading this book that I would love to read this to my older children some day. I say older, because the book does deal with some of the harsh realities of war, bloodshed, hangings, and torture.
Soli Deo Gloria!
I've always loved the stories of the Scottish Covenanters, especially the steadfast faith they exhibited during their many hardships (I think Fair Sunshine is a convicting little book when it comes to being willing to give up your life for the faith). Without idolizing them, I must say I look at many of them--and many other early Reformers--as spiritual giants, used mightily by God, compared to me and my "trials."
This short novel, I believe to be very well written; Bond has a good handle on how to write a good novel, especially for someone not as well known as the popular writers of the day.
Besides being a good story. It also contains a good amount of biblical truth in it; it deals with many of the questions I've had myself when attempting to reconcile my Christian faith with my temporal duty as a soldier. When is it right to take another life? How is it loving our enemies to do so? When is war/fighting/violence just? Why, if God is for us, does he allow us to be defeated at times (and not just in war, but in many aspects of life)?
I highly recommend this book. I am actually looking forward to reading the next two! I'm sure I'll be writing a review on those as well.
I was thinking while reading this book that I would love to read this to my older children some day. I say older, because the book does deal with some of the harsh realities of war, bloodshed, hangings, and torture.
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Mike Southerland
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent historical fiction
Reviewed in the United States on 19 July 2017Verified Purchase
Excellent historical fiction! Douglas Bond pulls you into the story in the Scottish Reformation. This is the first part of trilogy. Each book is excellent. It follows with another trilogy involving Duncan's descendants. Highly recommend anything by Douglas Bond.
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