Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots

by Michael Penman

Book Overview

Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) famously defeated the English at Bannockburn and became the hero king responsible for Scottish independence. In this fascinating new biography of the renowned warrior, Michael Penman focuses on Robert's kingship in the fifteen years that followed his triumphant victory and establishes Robert as not only a great military leader but a great monarch.

Robert faced a slow and often troubled process of legitimating his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300240317
• ISBN13: 9780300240313
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"