Rebel King: The Har'ships (A Novel) (Chronicles of Robert de Brus, King of Scots, Book 2)

439 pp. Robert de Brus, having taken up the crown of Scotland to free his nation from English rule, finds that his throne will be but a figment of his imagination unless he brings the anti-Brus Magnates and bishops under his peace. Half of Scotland wants him dead, and most of the rest don't care. He and his small, rag-tag army are alone, under death warrants, and ex-communicated by the Pope. An exciting page turner.