num_pages: 531
description: 'The best book on Scottish history ever written.' Gordon Menzies The story of how Robert Bruce outwitted Edward I, the shrewd and ruthless King of England, defeated his son Edward II, and in doing so regained Scotland's independence. Professor Barrow describes the dazzling and tragic career of William Wallace, the English military occupation of Scotland that was its consequence, and the emergence of Robert Bruce as the centre of Scottish resistance. The author pieces together from the surviving evidence a vivid and almost day-by-day account of Bruce's daring tactics, his crowning at Scone in March 1306, his defeat by the English three months later, and his life as a fugitive. Illustrated with maps and photographs, including a plate section.
language: English
title: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
titlecomplete: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
characters: Edward Bruce, Robert I, King of Scots
genres: Medieval History, History, Scotland, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 70
places: Scotland
publisher: Edinburgh University Press