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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McNamee, Colm
Titre(s) : Robert Bruce [Texte imprimé] : our most valiant prince, king and lord / Colm McNamee
Publication : Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-374 p.-[12] p. de pl.) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index
Commemorating the seven hundredth anniversary of the enthronement of Robert I of Scotland,
this book is intended as an everyman's guide to Scotland's famous hero king. The life
of 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 reasonâ#x80;--Provided
by publisher
Sujet(s) : Robert I (1274-1329 ; roi d'Écosse)
Écosse (GB) -- 1306-1329 (Robert Ier)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
941.102 092 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Écosse - 1057-1314 - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1780275943. - ISBN 9781780275949 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46580642d
Notice n° :
FRBNF46580642
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