The Real Patriots of Early Scottish Independence

by Alan Young and George Cumming

The battle of Bannockburn (1314) gave Scotland a great hero in Robert Bruce but deprived Scotland of three other worthy 'patriot heroes'. This book tells the intriguing story of three members of the Comyn family who have been deprived of their rightful place in Scottish tradition because of Robert Bruce's success. Bruce's ruthless rise to power and his sacrilegious murder of Scotland's chief political leader, John Comyn III Lord of Badenoch, in Greyfriars'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906566658
• ISBN13: 9781906566654
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: John Donald Publishers
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"