The Life of Robert Bruce, King of Scots. A Heroic Poem, Etc
Author: John HARVEY (Author of “The Life of Robert Bruce.”.)
Publisher:
Published: 1768
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13:
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Robert Bruce
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.
Robert the Bruce, King of Scots
Author: Ronald McNair Scott
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRonald McNair Scott recounts the story of one of the most remarkable and admirable medieval kings, from when Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone to his death, when his faithful follower, the legendary 'Black' Douglas, bore his heart in a silver casket to the Holy Land --from dust jacket.
The Wars of the Bruces
Author: Colm McNamee
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2012-08-25
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0857904957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bruces of fourteenth-century Scotland were formidable and enthusiastic warriors. Whilst much has been written about events as they happened in Scotland during the chaotic years of the first part of the fourteenth century, England's war with Robert the Bruce profoundly affected the whole of the British Isles. Scottish raiders struck deep into the heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire; Robert's younger brother, Edward Bruce, was proclaimed King of Ireland and came close to subduing the country; the Isle of Man was captured and a Welsh sea-port was raided; and in the North Sea Scots allied with German and Flemish pirates to cripple England's vital wool trade and disrupt its war effort. Packed with detail and written with a strong and involving narrative thread, this is the first book to link up the various theatres of war and discuss the effect of the wars of the Bruces outside Scotland.
Bannockburn 1314
Author: Peter Armstrong
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-09-20
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 178200419X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPete Armstrong's illustrated account of the Battle of Bannockburn, a pivotal campaign in the First War of Scottish Independence. Bannockburn was the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 King Edward I of England, 'The Hammer of the Scots' and nemesis of William Wallace, died and his son, Edward II, was not from the same mould. Idle and apathetic, he allowed the Scots the chance to recover from the grievous punishment inflicted upon them. By 1314 Bruce had captured every major English-held castle bar Stirling and Edward II took an army north to subdue the Scots. Pete Armstrong's account of this battle culminates at the decisive battle of Bannockburn that finally won Scotland her independence.
The Story of Robert the Bruce
Author: David Ross
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781902407036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe King of Scots tells his life story in a fictionalized autobiography.
Robert The Bruce
Author: Jack Whyte
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-08-06
Total Pages: 659
ISBN-13: 1429922672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed author of The Forest Laird delivers “a bold, brash tribute to . . . one of medieval Scotland’s fiercest warriors and its most revered king” (Booklist). Robert I, or as he is known to a grateful Scottish nation, Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland’s greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation. He led the valiant Scots in the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England. His reign saw the recognition of Scotland as an independent nation, and today Bruce is remembered as a national hero. In this vividly detailed biographical novel, Jack Whyte brings this legend of history to gritty, passionate life. In the late thirteenth century, Robert and his father joined the rebellion against John Balliol, England’s appointed king of Scotland. Thus began his decades-long fight for Scottish freedom. He was a tireless campaigner in both battle and diplomacy. Finally, in May of 1328, King Edward III signed the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, which recognized Scotland as an independent kingdom and Bruce as its king.
Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
Author: G W S Barrow
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0748693300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Edinburgh Classic edition to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314
Robert the Bruce
Author: Michael Penman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014-08-05
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 0300148720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert the Bruce (1274-1329) was the famous unifier of Scotland and defeater of the English at Bannockburn - the legendary hero responsible for Scottish independence. Michael Penman retells the story of Robert's rise - his part in William Wallace's revolt against Edward I, his seizing of the Scottish throne after murdering his great rival John Comyn, his excommunication, and devastating battles against an enemy Scottish coalition - climaxing in his victory over Edward II's forces in June 1314. He then draws attention to the second part of the king's life after the victory that made his name.
Scotland: A History from Earliest Times
Author: Alistair Moffat
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2015-09-22
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 085790874X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully weaves together a dazzling array of fact and anecdote from a vast range of sources. The result is an imaginative, informative, balanced and varied portrait of Scotland, seen not just through the experience of the kings, saints, warriors, aristocrats and politicians who populate the pages of conventional history books, but also through that of ordinary people who have lived Scotland's history and have played their own important part in shaping its destiny.
