Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord
By (Author) Colm McNamee
Birlinn General
Birlinn Ltd
16th January 2019
8th November 2018
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
European history
History and Archaeology
Biography: historical, political and military
941.102092
Paperback
352
Width 130mm, Height 195mm, Spine 30mm
368g
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 explanations and 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.
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 Wars of the Bruces.