On The Trail of Robert The Bruce

This book from Scots historian David R Ross charts the story of Scotland's hero-king from his boyhood, through his days of indecision as Scotland suffered under the English yoke, to his assumption of the crown exactly six months after the death of William Wallace. Here is the astonishing blow by blow account of how, against fearful odds, Bruce led the Scots to win their greatest ever victory. Bannockburn was not the end of the story. The war against English oppression lasted another fourteen years. Bruce lived just long enough to see his dreams of an independent Scotland come to fruition in 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh. The trail takes us to Bruce sites in Scotland, many of the little known and forgotten battle sites in northern England, and as far afield as the Bruce monuments in Andalusia and Jerusalem.

• 67 places to visit in Scotland and elsewhere
• One general map, 3 location maps and a map of Bruce-connected sites in Ireland
• Bannockburn battle plan
• Drawings and reproductions of rarely seen illustrations

On the Trail of Robert the Bruce is not all blood and gore. It brings out the love and laughter, pain and passion of one of the great eras of Scottish history. Read it and you will understand why David R Ross has never knowingly killed a spider in his life. Once again, he proves himself a master of the popular brand of hands-on history that made On the Trail of William Wallace so popular.