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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Battle of Bannockburn is often presented as a decisive moment of national destiny, a single clash that secured Scotland's independence and confirmed the triumph of Robert Bruce. The reality was more complex, and far less final, than the legend suggests.This book offers a measured account of Bannockburn and its wider significance, placing the battle within the longer struggle between Scotland and England in the early fourteenth century. Rather than treating the fighting as heroic spectacle, it examines how terrain, discipline, leadership, and political constraint shaped the outcome, and why English numerical strength failed to translate into control.Bannockburn did not end the war, nor did it guarantee independence. Its importance lay in how it altered leverage, weakening English authority, strengthening Bruce's position, and changing the terms on which the conflict continued. This study traces those consequences carefully, resisting the temptation to treat victory as inevitability or myth as explanation.Written for readers interested in serious history rather than legend, this book presents Bannockburn as a contingent, human event whose significance lies as much in its limits as in its achievements. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Bannockburn | Scotland's Battle for Independence | Gaelic Heritage Collection (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Gaelic Heritage Collection | EAN 9798233800207 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…