Bannockburn: Battle For Liberty

By John Sadler

The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the decisive battles of British history. The bitter hostility between England and Scotland which had continued since 1296, the contrasting characters of the opposing commanders Edward II and Robert the Bruce, the strategy of the campaign and the tactics of the battle itself - all these elements combine to make the event one of absorbing and lasting interest.

The enormous impact of the Scottish victory on the fate of the two kingdoms means the battle is ripe for the vivid and scholarly reassessment that John Sadler provides in this fascinating book. The Scottish victory meant that Scotland would not simply become an appendage to England but would remain a free and independent state – it also implied the war would continue…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Release date: Jul 15, 2008
• ISBN: 9781844689972

John Sadler

John Sadler is a very experienced miliary historian, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and the author of more than two dozen books. He is a very experienced and much travelled battlefield tour guide covering most major conflicts in the UK, Europe and North Africa

Reviews for Bannockburn

[antiquary_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Competent description weighing a numnber of military authorities judiciously. Begins with a generalized description of medieval warfare repeated word-for-word in Second Baron's War