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From: "Charles.Clark" <>
Subject: [STEWART] further book recommendation
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:01:06 +1200
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For more on Robert the Bruce (I suppose he qualifies as Stewart material??) and
his brother Eddy, try
"The Wars of the Bruces: Scotland, England and Ireland, 1306-1328" by Colm
McNamee (1997)
I confess my interest is in brother Eddy and his adventures in Ireland
1315-1322, and the hope I could find something about those who went with him and
may have been left behind, but it's all part of the same saga.
>From the dust jacket:
"Former studies of this topic concentrate upon events in Scotland, but England's
war with Robert Bruce profoundly affected the whole of the British Isles.
Scottish raiders struck deep into the heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Unable to resist, English communities bought off the Scots, and in this way a
fifth of England came under tribute to the Scottish king. Edward Bruce was
proclaimed King of Ireland and came close to subduing that country. The Isle of
Man was captured, a Welsh sea-port raided. In the North Sea the Scots allied
with German and Flemish pirates to cripple England's vital wool trade and
disrupt her was effort. Both sides strove to employ Genoese galley fleets."

There's a lot more to the Bruce saga than gets into the popular films such as
Braveheart!
Charlie

wrote:

> As to picking up where Braveheart left off: for an authentic history,
> I highly recommend "Robert the Bruce (King of Scots)" by Ronald McNair Scott
> in 1982 (published in America by Peter Bedrick Books, NY by agreement with
> Canongate Publishing Ltd., Edinburgh in 1989).
> From the book's jacket: "This vivid and gripping narrative tells how
> Robert the Bruce, supported only by the Scottish church and his band of
> devoted Highland guerillas, went from scrambling in the heather as a hunted
> fugitive to leading the glorious victory at Bannockburn. There Robert the
> Bruce and his 30,000 men routed King Edward ll's army of 100,000."
> There is much more in the book and I found it a thoroughly enjoyable
> read.
> Sharon

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