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From: "Janet" <>
Subject: Re: [STEWART] further book recommendation
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 06:32:23 -0500
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Thank for tell us about the book. I hope the library at SMSU has this book
for my library does not
Janet
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From: "Charles.Clark" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: [STEWART] further book recommendation


> 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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