num_pages: 272
description: Robert the Bruce is one of the great heroic figures of history. When after years of struggle Scotland was reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England it was Bruce who, supported by the Scottish Church and a group of devoted followers, had himself crowned at Scone as King of Scots and renewed the fight for freedom. Ronald McNair Scott has used the accounts of contemporary chronicles, particularly those of John Barbour, to reconstruct the story of one of the most remarkable of medieval kings. It is a story with episodes quite as romantic as those of King Arthur, but one which belongs to the authentic history of the Scottish nation.
language: English
title: Robert the Bruce, King of Scots
titlecomplete: Robert the Bruce, King of Scots
characters: William Lamberton, Bishop of St. Andrews, Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, Robert I, King of Scots
genres: Historical, Medieval History, History, Scotland, Medieval, Biography Memoir, War, European History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 664
places: Scotland
publisher: Canongate UK