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Historical person
1275–1318
Edward Bruce was the younger brother of Robert the Bruce and a major commander in the Scottish wars against England. Edward Bruce held the title of High King of Ireland and Earl of Carrick.
He led an ambitious invasion of Ireland and was crowned High King of Ireland before being killed at Faughart in 1318. Edward Bruce also held the offices or ranks of Earl of Carrick. Edward Bruce belonged to the Clan Bruce.
J. R. Tomlin’s Fate of Kings follows the aftermath of Bannockburn into Edward Bruce’s decision to cross to Ireland and pursue a crown that might widen the war against England. Tim Hodkinson’s Lions of the Grail sends Richard Savage into an Ireland divided among English lords, Gaelic rulers and supporters of Robert and Edward Bruce as the invasion gathers backing. Nigel Tranter’s The Path of the Hero King shows Edward earlier as one of the small circle helping Robert Bruce rebuild Scottish resistance during the years of defeat and recovery. The Price of the King’s Peace turns to the post-Bannockburn strategy in which Edward’s Irish kingship becomes the most ambitious extension of Bruce power. Hodkinson’s The Waste Land then places Edward’s claimed Irish crown inside a country devastated by war, failed harvests and the Great Famine.
Series
The Son of Scotland series recounts the career of Thomas Randolph, nephew and close lieutenant of Robert the Bruce. Beginning with his divided allegiance at the start of Bruce’s kingship, the novels follow Randolph from capture at Methven through the reconquest of Scotland, Bannockburn, the Irish campaign and…
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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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The Kingdom trilogy follows the fictional knight Hal Sientcler and the men around Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence. From Edward I’s intervention in Scotland in 1296, the sequence moves through rebellion, the defeat at Falkirk, Wallace’s final years and Bruce’s hazardous rise from rival…
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Nigel Tranter’s Bruce Trilogy follows Robert Bruce from a politically divided Scottish magnate to the warrior-king who secured his country’s independence. Beginning during Edward I’s invasion of 1296, the sequence places Bruce between competing loyalties: his family’s claim to the throne, the resistance led by William Wallace, the…
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