Robert the Bruce, King of Scots Kindle Edition

This history is very accessible. A lot of names are thrown out in the beginning, and as I wasn't that familiar with Scottish history, I found it a little overwhelming. But from about twenty pages in, it's centered on The Bruce. Wow, what a life. It reads like fiction. I couldn't put it down. Now I understand why he's Scotland's national hero. I gave it four stars because of the confusion at the beginning with all the names. Once I got past that, it was five star reading.

Ronald McNair Scott's "Robert the Bruce: King of Scots" is one of the best books I have read in a long while. The story of the life of Robert the Bruce is already well-known to me; it is the author's ability to weave the various story-lines together and keep me riveted on what was going to happen next that I found outstanding. This is a very well written biography that reads tremendously fast.If you're not familiar with the life of Robert the Bruce and were to read this book as a piece of fiction, you'd finish thinking that there's no possible way that the events that take place in Bruce's lifetime life actually took place. It becomes obvious why the Scottish highly revere this man.

Very informative, quick read and an aspect of Anglo history I clearly didn't know enough about. My only issue is that all images in the book are basically extremely poor photo-copies of what I assume is from the '82 version of the book and they are borderline impossible to read or so dark you can't make out words, delineated armies, town names, etc. The map of the whole island in the beginning of the book is often used as a reference to the events detailed in the book and half the time I can't tell if the town name is represented.

A terrific, well researched, history of a pivotal time in Scottish history, A good read!

I love this book. It's not just a biography. It's the story of the making of a kingdom out Edward I's attempt to turn Scotland into just one more province belonging to the English Crown. The genius, wit, intellect, and great beating heart of Robert, Lord of Annandale, Earl of Carrick, King of Scots comes leaping off of the page. A must read for anyone with a drop of Scottish blood.

I was using this in attempting to get past a "block" on my ancestry search I was working on. In addition it gave me several other lines to explore. While maybe not a book for everyone it is an excellent book on the times and conditions of life in this period. Great historical overview.

This is a wonderful book about an amazing man. A must read for anyone interested in Scottish history or a good true story. Robert the Bruce was truly one of a kind and this book is well sourced.

The detailed background information, necessary to set up the story, made for a slow start.It should be the aspiration of all heroic characters in fiction to be as noble, brave, and able as King Robert.

One of the best books I have read on Bruce. Takes you right through this period in history in a very easy to read fashion. I could hardly put it down once I started it. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in finding out more about this Scottish hero.

I did not appreciate that, given the intervening 700 years , such a gripping and , seemingly valid, history of the life of Robert the Bruce could be written. The language of the book is straight out of Walter Scott , without the spider.The apocryphal history I was taught at school, of "Sir William Wallace" and "King Robert the Bruce", is rendered much more credibly, and vividly, by the "forgotten history" between Bannockburn and the declaration of Arbroath.The Scots armies "ravishing" and the North of England, was a realistic revelation, given the Scots history taught in Scottish Schools.The scorched earth policy of Robert the Bruce, in the face of the overwhelming military power of Edward II, revealed the true military Guerilla genius of Robert the Bruce.

It is very difficult, I understand, to write a biography of a medieval person - however famous they maybe - therefore I think Mr Scott has really achived something very difficult in this book as it is really very detailed and highly readable.The problem so often found in works on people of the period - that of padding with genralisms - is not apparent in this work.Mr Scott has delved through the mire of history and myth and produced as clear an account of the Bruce as is possible and this work is highly recomended to others readers.

For the most part I find this book difficult to put down. But a little frustrated at the jumping around from years before and after, that sometimes I had to reread some paragraphs or chapters. I would recommend this book to those interested in Scottish history and in particular that of Robert the Bruce.

Very educational