Michael Penman is senior lecturer in history at the University of Stirling.
‘His biography, well researched, fresh and distinctive, knocks off
the top perch G.W.S. Barrow’s Robert the Bruce and the Community of
the Realm of Scotland, published in 1965.’—Katie Stevenson, London
Review of Books
‘Penman’s book is first-class history: detailed, closely argued and
ringing with the authority of one steeped in the period . .
.Penman’s scholarship is commendable, his style clear, his
contribution to this field a truly original and quietly
groundbreaking addition to the known facts of Robert the Bruce. It
is essential reading as midsummer draws near – and long after.’
—Rosemary Goring, The Herald
'His biography, well researched, fresh and distinctive, knocks off
the op perch G.W.S.Barrow's Robert Bruce and the Community of the
Realm of Scotland, published in 1965.'—Katie Stevenson, World of
Interiors
'[T]his is an outstanding piece of work that shines a light on some
extremely murky corners of history and allows King Robert's genius
as a lawmaker and diplomat to rival his undoubted skill as a
military leader.'—Fiona Watson, Reviews in History
“[T]he fullest reappraisal of this crucial figure since the 1960s…
[A] major advance in the study of this critical period in the
shaping of the late medieval Scottish kingdom”—Michael H. Brown,
Royal Studies Journal
'Robert Bruce’s piety is one of the fascinating themes that
characterise Michael Penman’s full and definitive account of the
king’s life and reign. A magesterial study.'—Michael Prestwich,
author of Edward I
‘His biography, well researched, fresh and distinctive, knocks off
the top perch G.W.S. Barrow’s Robert the Bruce and the Community of
the Realm of Scotland, published in 1965.’—Katie Stevenson, London
Review of Books
*London Review of Books*
'Robert Bruce’s piety is one of the fascinating themes that
characterise Michael Penman’s full and definitive account of the
king’s life and reign. A magesterial study.'—Michael Prestwich,
author of Edward I
*Michael Prestwich*
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