Bibliograph

Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots, Michael Penman

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Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots, Michael Penman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (337-405) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robert the Bruce

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

871689437

Responsibility statement

Michael Penman

Sub title

King of the Scots

Table Of Contents

Part one: To be the king. Body and soul: formative years, 1274-92 -- Conflict: Earl of Carrick, 1293-99 -- Dead end: vacillation, 1300-6 -- You can't get away with murder: King Robert, 1306-10 -- The harder they fall: victory in Scotland, 1310-14 -- Part two: After Bannockburn. The desperate hours: war and famine, 1314-17 -- Dark victory: the price for Berwick, 1317-19 -- Dark passage: in search of respite, 1319-22 -- To have and have not: King of Scotland, 1322-26 -- Dead reckoning: peace and piety, 1326-28 -- Beat the devil: preparing for the end, 1328-29 -- Conclusion: Bruce Kingship and the legacy of Scotland's wars, c. 1286-c.1329

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