Now retired after a 29-year career in the army, Peter Reese is a leading military historian and writer. His abiding love for Scotland ensure frequent visits north from his home in Surrey.
* An admirably vivid account of the Scots' greatest victory over the English ...The measured, precise build-up makes the final eruption of violence all the more compelling and impresses upon the reader just how much was at stake on the battlefield of Bannockburn in the summer of 1314. Scotsman * A cracker of a book, which reads like a novel yet has the authority of many a weightier tome Sunday Herald * A thoroughly researched overview of this crucial period of Scotland's history ... it is the sense of calm progression that makes this book so effective Scots Magazine * Peter Reese has vision, insight and understanding. The Herald