{"product_id":"barbours-bruce-john-barbour-9781897976494","title":"Barbour's Bruce: A! Fredome Is a Noble Thing!","description":"Barbour's Bruce (c. 1375) is the oldest substantial piece of literature in Older Scots. It narrates in four-stress couplets the feats of Robert Bruce and his supporters, most notably James Douglas and Thomas Randolph. Their heroic activities, including battles against odds and clever out-manoeuvrings as well as open warfare, provide opportunities for discussion of good leadership, the celebration of freedom, and a construction of Scottishness alongside a narrative with enough verifiable historical detail to make it compelling and convincing. Barbour's narrative implicitly locates Bruce and Douglas against European traditions of the Nine Worthies, particularly Alexander, and shows a sophisticated sense of structure in the central placing of Bannockburn and Bruce's speech on freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition by McDiarmid and Stevenson, out of print for several years, is now reissued by the Scottish Text Society. In addition to the text, it provides a full introduction, notes and a glossary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Barbour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1897976496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897976494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scottish Text Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.63d","brand":"John Barbour","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254882431231,"sku":"9781897976494","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5b034ea-ae3c-412a-b48a-cf2452ed935e.jpg?v=1694614871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barbours-bruce-john-barbour-9781897976494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}