Also by Peter Reese
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PETER REESE
BANNOCKBURN
SCOTLAND’S GREATEST VICTORY
To my son, Martin
Published in Great Britain in 2000 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This new edition published in 2014
This digital edition first published in 2014 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Peter Reese 2000
Introduction to 2014 edition © Peter Reese 2014
The moral right of the author has been asserted
Illustrations © as credited
Maps based on Ordnance Survey Pathfinder 1:25,000 series maps by
permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the controller of Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office
© Crown Copyright MC 00100012896
Maps produced by Paul Vickers and The Wheel
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 78211 176 4
ePub ISBN 978 1 78211 468 0
CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
