Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord - Tapa blanda

McNamee, Colm

 
9781841584751: Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord
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ISBN 10: 1841584754 ISBN 13: 9781841584751
Editorial: Birlinn Ltd, 2006

Sinopsis

The life of Robert Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, briefly 'king of summer' and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman, a leader with vision and energy. Colm McNamee combines the most up to date scholarship on this crucial figure in the history of the British Isles with lucid explanation of the medieval context, so that readers of all backgrounds can appreciate Bruce's enormous contribution to the historical impact not just on Scotland, but on England and Ireland too. It is designed to encourage popular reassessment of Bruce as politician, warrior, monarch and saviour of Scottish identity from extinction at the hands of the Edwardian superstate.

Peeling back the layers of misconception and propaganda, the author paints an accurate, sympathetic but balanced portrait of a much beloved national hero who has fallen out of fashion of late for no good reason.

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Acerca del autor

Colm McNamee is the Senior Research Officer for the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. He studied at Queens' University, Belfast, and Worcester College, Oxford and has a DPhil in Medieval History.

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Editorial
Birlinn Ltd
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1841584754
ISBN 13 
9781841584751
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Número de páginas
304
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