A 700 year old letter of recommendation from the King of France for William Wallace is going on public display in a National Records of Scotland building in Edinburgh on St Andrew's Day

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From sunny skies and palm groves to brown heath, shaggy wood and bagpipes

The Scottish Handwriting resource has a new home on Scotland's People.