Full name: Robert the Bruce: King of Scots

Author: Ronald McNair Scott Year: 1982 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780786703296 0786703296

Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England and its people lived in poverty. On the day he seized the crown Bruce renewed the fight for Scotland's freedom, and let forth a battle cry that would echo through the centuries. Using contemporary accounts, Ronald McNair Scott tells the story of Scotland's legendary leader, and one of Europe's most remarkable medieval kings. It is a story with episodes as romantic as those of King Arthur, but also one which belongs in the annals of Scottish History, and has shaped a nation. Similar books: William Wallace by James Mackay Glencoe by John Prebble The Highland Clearances by John Prebble Scotland by Michael Lynch The Lion in the North by John Prebble A History of the Scottish People: 1560 - 1830 by T. C. Smout The Scottish Nation by T. M. Devine A History of Scotland by Rosalind Mitchison Scotland by Magnus Magnusson Culloden by John Prebble Scotland's Empire by T. M. Devine The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser Scotland by Jenny Wormald Queen of Scots by John Guy Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca