Bannockburns

How writers imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748685844','ISBN:9780748685837','ISBN:9780748685851','ISBN:9780748685868']); Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their