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Автор: Peter Reese
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       Also by Peter Reese

      The Scottish Commander

      Wallace, A Biography

      Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy

      Cromwell’s Masterstroke: Dunbar 1650

      The Life of General George Monck: For King and Cromwell

      PETER REESE

      BANNOCKBURN

      SCOTLAND’S GREATEST VICTORY

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       To my son, Martin

      Published in Great Britain in 2000 by Canongate Books Ltd,

      14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE

      This new edition published in 2014

       www.canongate.tv

      This digital edition first published in 2014 by Canongate Books

      Copyright © Peter Reese 2000

      Introduction to 2014 edition © Peter Reese 2014

      The moral right of the author has been asserted

      Illustrations © as credited

      Maps based on Ordnance Survey Pathfinder 1:25,000 series maps by

      permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Her

      Majesty’s Stationery Office

      © Crown Copyright MC 00100012896

      Maps produced by Paul Vickers and The Wheel

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library

      ISBN 978 1 78211 176 4

      ePub ISBN 978 1 78211 468 0

      CONTENTS

List of Maps and Battle Plans
Introduction to 700th Anniversary Edition
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Prologue
Section One: The Path to Battle
1. Scotland under Siege
2. Divided Leadership
3. Winning a Kingdom
Section Two: The Contenders
4. The Two Armies
5. The Scottish Commanders
6. The English Commanders
Section Three: Bruce’s Masterstroke
7. Advance to Battle
8. Encounters – Day One
9. Weighing the Odds
10. Battle Joined
11. The Pursuit
Aftermath
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

      LIST OF MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS

       Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297

       Battle of Falkirk, 1298

       Winning Back Scotland, 1307–14

       Edward II’s Invasion and Retreat, 1314

       Bannockburn and Stirling, 1314

       Bannockburn – The English approach, 23rd June 1314

       Bannockburn – overnight positions, 23rd–24th June 1314

       The Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June 1314

      INTRODUCTION