The Josh Thurlow historical fiction novels were written by Homer Hickman.
Pall , son of Balki , or Paal Baalkeson , was a 13th-century Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black , king of Mann and the Isles .. Hebridean. Hebridean. Olaf the Black. Olaf the Black. king. kings of Mann. Mann and the Isles. kingdom of Mann and the Isles. He was long remembered in Gaelic tradition and is traditionally the progenitor of certain families with roots in the Hebrides .. Pall is recorded as being a `` sheriff '' of Skye ; a post which had earlier been held by another Pall , son of Balki , who was possibly an ancestor .. Skye. Skye. This earlier sheriff was said to have been a close friend of Godred II , King of Mann and the Isles .. Mann and the Isles. kingdom of Mann and the Isles