BANNOCKBURN: THE BATTLE FOR A NATION (PB)

As 8,000 Scottish soldiers, most of them spearmen, faced 18,000 English infantrymen, archers and mounted knights in June 1314 near the Bannock Burn, many would have thought the result a foregone conclusion. But two days later, the English were routed, and Edward II fled to the coast and took ship for home. Scotland remained independent, free to pursue its own destiny. This book follows in detail the events of two days that changed history, and captures all the fear, heroism, confusion and desperation which led to this critical and unexpected victory.