Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord - Couverture souple

McNamee, Colm

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841584754 ISBN 13 : 9781841584751

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Commemorating the seven hundredth anniversary of the enthronement of Robert I of Scotland, this book is intended as an everyman's guide to Scotland's famous hero king. The life of 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Colm McNamee is the Senior Research Officer for the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. He studied at Queens' University, Belfast, and Worcester College, Oxford and has a DPhil in Medieval History. His previous publications include The War of the Bruces, published by Tuckwell Press in 1997, and reprinted by John Donald in 2005.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841584754
• ISBN 13: 9781841584751
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible