Robert the Bruce
By: by Fiona Watson
Series: Pocket GIANTS; Pocket GIANTS
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750957540; 9780752493558
Subjects: Biography; Kings and rulers; History; TRAVEL; General
Description: From disastrous beginnings after he took the throne of Scotland, having murdered a powerful rival, Robert I became a military leader of consummate genius. Throwing away the rulebook of medieval warfare, which favoured the mounted knight, he remodelled the Scottish army as a disciplined, audacious band of brothers capable of surprising castles, raiding and extracting blackmail as far south as Yorkshire and even defeating a mighty English army in pitched battle. Ruthless, charismatic, indomitable and lucky, the 'Bruce' is a towering example of an underdog capable of turning disadvantage into adv.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction: Giant; 1 Origins; 2 The Testing Ground (1297-1306); 3 The Trouble with Robert the Bruce; 4 A King in Search of his Throne (1306-09); 5 The Unlikely Road to Bannockburn (1310-14); 6 The Exception that Proved the Rule (1314); 7 Piling on the Pressure (1315-26); 8 The Search for Peace (1326-28); Notes; Timeline; Further Reading; Web Links; Acknowledgements; Copyright.