The Renegade: A Tale Of Robert The Bruce by Whyte Jack

The Renegade: A Tale Of Robert The Bruce by Whyte Jack

From author Jack Whyte comes the true story of Robert the Bruce: a passionate man. An incredible warrior. And one of Scotland's finest.

Robert I, or as he is known to a grateful Scottish nation, Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland's greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation. He spearheaded the valiant Scots in their quest for freedom, leading his people during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England during the middle ages. His reign saw the recognition of Scotland as an independent nation, and today Bruce is remembered in Scotland as a national hero.

It was by no means a fair and easy road for this indomitable fighter. As a young man he saw the English king Edward I award the vacant Crown of Scotland to John Balliol. The nation quickly splintered into factions and this spurred Robert and his father to at first side with Edward and then against John, whom many of the nobles did not feel was the correct person to guide the nation. Thus began a decades-long path for Scottish freedom. To achieve this goal, Robert sometimes had to delicately balance the power of the nobles against the might of the English. He was a tireless campaigner and after a full life of battle and diplomacy, in May 1328, King Edward I signed the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, which recognized Scotland as an independent kingdom and Bruce as its king.
We now have the Arthurian legend the way the noncoms saw it: tough and gritty and compelling.--Tom Shippey, former Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds on The Skystone

Whyte, Jack: - Jack Whyte is the author of sixteen novels of historical fiction, including the 10-novel cycle of A Dream of Eagles (the Camulod Chronicles in the USA), set in post-Roman Britain in the late third and early fourth centuries, the Knights Templar Trilogy, set in the Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and The Guardians Trilogy, set in 14th-century Scotland during the Wars of Independence. All of his novels are available worldwide and have been translated into more than fifteen foreign languages. By 2009, he had sold more than a million books in Canada alone.

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Title	The Renegade: A Tale Of Robert The Bruce
Author	Whyte Jack
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Viking
Year published	2012-10-02
Number of pages	592
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