The book's Warkworth tale follows Bertram de Bothal after Isabella fails to arrive for a promised visit. He finds her escaping a Scottish castle with a man disguised in tartan and attacks in a jealous rage. Isabella is accidentally struck, and the rescuer is revealed to be Bertram's own brother. Bertram then gives up his wealth and spends the rest of his life in prayer at a rock-cut hermitage near Warkworth. Presented as legend, the story shows how romance, mistaken identity, penance, and ghost lore become attached to a historic site.
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Bertram de Bothal and Warkworth's hermitage
A tragic legend explains how Bertram de Bothal supposedly abandoned his wealth and carved a hermitage near Warkworth Castle.