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The Bruce Trilogy 1

The Steps to the Empty Throne

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The Bruce Trilogy 1

By: Nigel Tranter
Narrated by: Michael Elder
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The compelling story of Scotland's hero-king who, tutored and encouraged by the great William Wallace, united his despairing people in a deadly fight for the throne and national survival.

In the first of this best selling trilogy, Nigel Tranter charts these turbulent years, revealing the flowering of Bruce's character, sustained by a passionate love, not only of his land and people, but...

©1969 Nigel Tranter (P)1997 Novelsound True Crime
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Really enjoyable and gripping story from Scotlands history. Factual but at the same time reads like a novel.

Fabulous

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The authors narration style is distracting and I don’t appreciate the character voices he attempts to do. I really enjoy reading his books and will continue to read. This was terrible.

Narration with character voices is distracting

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