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Author: Alan Young
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBehind the legendary figure of Robert Bruce is a man who led his nation to a famous victory over the English at Bannockburn and overcame great odds to win power for himself in Scotland, by defeating his rivals.
Author: Alan Young
Publisher:
Published: 1999-07-22
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780750923712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA superbly illustrated journey through the tumultuous landscape and fascinating events of the notorious life of Robert the Bruce Exploring Robert the Bruce's "kingdom" from the North of England to the Scottish Highlands, this gorgeously illustrated tome illuminates the little-known facts about this Scottish legend. For more than 600 years, Robert the Bruce has had a unique place in Scottish history. Yet behind the legendary hero-king is a complex--and in many ways more fascinating--picture. He was a man who not only led his nation to a famous victory over the English at Bannockburn, but who overcame great odds to win power for himself in Scotland and fulfill his family's long-held ambition for political power. This book, illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, takes the reader on Bruce's journey--from his birth in southwest Scotland to his kingship and triumph at Bannockburn. Here are the sites and settings associated with Robert the Bruce and those he fought, perfect for any visitor to Scotland or the North of England wanting to learn more about the myth and the man.
Author: Colm McNamee
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0857904965
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life of Robert Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, briefly 'king of summer' and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman, a leader with vision and energy. Colm McNamee combines the most up to date scholarship on this crucial figure in the history of the British Isles with lucid explanation of the medieval context, so that readers of all backgrounds can appreciate Bruce's enormous contribution to the historical impact not just on Scotland, but on England and Ireland too. It is designed to encourage popular reassessment of Bruce as politician, warrior, monarch and saviour of Scottish identity from extinction at the hands of the Edwardian superstate. Peeling back the layers of misconception and propaganda, the author paints an accurate, sympathetic but balanced portrait of a much beloved national hero who has fallen out of fashion of late for no good reason.
Author: Robert Bruce BOSWELL (the Elder.)
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Young
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752456423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the footsteps of Robert Bruce
Author: G.W.S. Barrow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-04-28
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 0520316347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.
Author: Gillian R. Foulger
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2022-05-03
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0813725534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This unusual book, published to honor Warren Bell Hamilton, comprises a diverse, cross-disciplinary collection of bold new ideas in Earth and planetary science. This volume is a rich resource for researchers at all levels looking for interesting, unusual, and off-beat ideas to investigate or set as student projects"--
Author: Monica McCarty
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1501108816
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1314. Joan Comyn swore allegiance to Robert the Bruce after the English tortured her mother. Now she uses her beauty to ferret out secrets and has become the most wanted spy in England. Alex Seton once stood with Bruce, but now fights for England and is determined to uncover "the ghost's" identity.
Author: Michael Hout
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780674307285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first systematic study of patterns of social mobility in Ireland. It covers a recent period--the 1960s--when Ireland was undergoing rapid economic growth and modernization. The author thus was able to test the widely accepted hypothesis that growth weakens class barriers. To his surprise he found that it did not. Social mobility increased somewhat, but among mobile men the better jobs still went to those from advantaged social class origins. Despite economic development and demographic change, the underlying link between social origins and career destinations remained unchanged. In chapters on education, life cycle, religion, and farming, Michael Hout shows how inequality persists in contemporary Ireland. In the last chapter he reviews evidence from other countries and concludes that governments must take action against class barriers in education and employment practices if inequality is to be reduced. Economic growth creates jobs, he argues, but economic growth alone cannot allocate those jobs fairly.
Author: Automobile Association (Great Britain)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780393323504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperience the abundant history of Britain firsthand with this scenic, thorough, and altogether superlative guide.
