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Robert the Bruce

1274–1329

Robert the Bruce was king of Scots from 1306 to 1329 and the central royal figure in Scotland’s war of independence. His victory at Bannockburn in 1314 and long struggle against English power made him a foundational figure in Scottish history.

In Jack Whyte’s Order in Chaos, the fugitives seek protection in Scotland, where Robert the Bruce is fighting to secure his crown against England. In Candace Robb’s The Fire in the Flint, Margaret Kerr remains loyal to the deposed John Balliol while her husband Roger serves Robert the Bruce, placing their marriage on opposite sides of Scotland's divided resistance. Other novels featuring Robert the Bruce include Robyn Young’s Insurrection, Robyn Young’s Renegade, Jack Whyte’s Resistance, Jack Whyte’s Uprising, and Tim Hodkinson’s Lions of the Grail.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Robert the Bruce

Battle of Bannockburn 1314 CE Reign of Edward II 1307–1327 CE Wars of Scottish Independence 1296–1357 CE

Series

Series featuring Robert the Bruce (8 series)

Lord Edward’s Archer in Order

by Griff Hosker 10 books 4.5

Lord Edward’s Archer follows Gerald Warbow from the Welsh Marches into the wars and political crises of Edward I and Edward II. The series combines archer warfare with the Second Barons’ War, Welsh resistance, crusading, the Scottish wars and court intrigue. It is a medieval military sequence about…

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Lord Edward’s Archer

4.3

King in Waiting

4.5

An Archer’s Crusade

4.5

Targets of Treachery

4.5

The Great Cause

4.5

Wallace’s War

4.5

The Hunt

4.6

The Prince and the Archer

4.6

Warbow

4.6

Broken Arrow

Hugh Corbett Mysteries in Order

by Paul Doherty 24 books 4.4

The Hugh Corbett Mysteries follow a royal clerk, diplomat and Keeper of the Secret Seal from the reign of Edward I into the troubled rule of Edward II. Corbett investigates murders that threaten royal government, foreign negotiations and the security of the crown. His work takes him from…

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Satan in St Mary’s

4.1

Crown in Darkness

4.2

Spy in Chancery

4.3

The Angel of Death

4.4

The Prince of Darkness

4.3

Murder Wears a Cowl

4.4

The Assassin in the Greenwood

4.4

The Song of a Dark Angel

4.5

Satan’s Fire

4.4

The Devil’s Hunt

4.4

The Demon Archer

4.4

The Treason of the Ghosts

4.5

Corpse Candle

4.4

The Magician’s Death

4.4

The Waxman Murders

4.3

The Mysterium

4.3

Dark Serpent

4.5

Devil’s Wolf

4.5

Death’s Dark Valley

4.5

Hymn to Murder

4.5

Mother Midnight

4.5

Realm of Darkness

4.5

Banners of Hell

4.5

Immortal Murder

4.5

The Savage Chronicles in Order

by Tim Hodkinson 2 books 4.3

The Savage Chronicles follow Richard Savage, an Irish Knight Templar drawn into the Scottish invasion of Ireland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Forced to serve Edward II as a spy and later driven by the abduction of his daughter, Savage moves through a country divided by English…

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Lions of the Grail

4.2

The Waste Land

4.4

Bravehearts Chronicles in Order

by Jack Whyte 3 books 4.4

The Bravehearts Chronicles follows Scotland’s struggle against English domination through the lives of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the men whose campaigns turned a disputed succession into a war for national survival. Each novel concentrates on a different stage of the conflict, from Wallace’s rise and execution…

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Rebel

4.4

Resistance

4.4

Uprising

4.3

Insurrection Trilogy in Order

by Robyn Young 3 books 4.2

The Insurrection Trilogy traces Robert the Bruce from the Scottish succession crisis of 1286 to his victory at Bannockburn in 1314. Robyn Young places Bruce within a divided kingdom in which the Balliol, Bruce and Comyn interests compete for the crown while Edward I of England converts arbitration…

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Insurrection

4.0

Renegade

4.3

Kingdom

4.3

Templar Novel in Order

by Jack Whyte 3 books 3.9

The Templar trilogy follows members of the St. Clair family and a secret brotherhood whose history is bound to the rise and destruction of the Knights Templar. Beginning in the aftermath of the First Crusade, the sequence moves through the disasters of Hattin and the Third Crusade before…

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Knights of the Black and White

3.8

Standard of Honor

4.0

Order in Chaos

4.1

Margaret Kerr Trilogy in Order

by Candace Robb 3 books 3.9

The Margaret Kerr trilogy follows a Scottish merchant's wife searching for truth and personal independence during the opening year of the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1297 Margaret travels through occupied Edinburgh and a country divided among supporters of John Balliol, Robert the Bruce, William Wallace and Edward…

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A Trust Betrayed

3.8

The Fire in the Flint

4.0

A Cruel Courtship

4.1

Plantagenet Saga in Order

by Jean Plaidy 14 books 4.1

The Plantagenet Saga spans the dynasty from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard III. Across fourteen novels, family rebellion, disputed succession, royal marriage and war connect the Angevin Empire, the conquest of Wales, conflict with Scotland, the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses.

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