Photos of Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen in the films Braveheart (1995) and Robert The Bruce (2019)
Between June 23 and 24, 1314 took place the battle of bannockburn, in which Scottish troops led by King Robert I Bruce -The Bruce for History- defeated the English in command of Edward II. It was a decisive victory which led to Scottish independence 13 years later.
And Robert The Bruce is one of my favorite kings of all times. These are 3 books to know him and to know about its history as passionate as it is closely related to us, because its heart and his best friend They came here to fight the Moors.
Robert The Bruce and I
The least knowledgeable in history and the laziest in reading surely can identify and remember Robert Bruce en Braveheart (nineteen ninety five). In reality, the protagonist, William Wallace, died in 1305 and did not coincide with Robert, who acceded to the throne in 1306. Wallace did coincide with Robert's parents and James Douglas, the Negro, his best friend and right hand man, who did not appear in the movie because he has one for him only if someone dared to do it.
Robert's father in the movie is the intriguing character with the deformed face. He is the one who counsels his son, portrayed with ambiguous intentions towards Wallace and then shown deeply imbued with his liberating spirit, especially in the final scene of the charge at the battle of Bannockburn. But the one who really worked that freedom was Robert.
Much guilt of my interest in her figure He had the interpretation that made him a little known but formidable Scottish actor called Angus MacFadyen, which not only kept the epic Gibson the guy, but stole more than one shot. From there I devoured their history.
Some of its most significant episodes even inspired me long ago a story, like his heart embalmed brought by James Douglas to Spain, where they fell fighting alongside the king Alfonso XI of Castile in the battle of Teba. That was the real origin of the nickname "Braveheart." And this month a new movie is released titled like this, Robert The Bruce, where MacFadyen takes up the character he embodied almost 25 years ago.
But to know more and in detail here are three readings:
The deed of Robert the Bruce - John Barbour
The classic of this Archdeacon of Aberdeen, Which 1376 recounted Robert's exploits. This edition was a translation by Fernando Toda Iglesia, from the University of Salamanca. Narrates all the reign of Bruce until his death, in 1329, and that of his friend and companion, James Douglas.
Dark heart - Leon Arsenal
With the subtitle of The Scottish crusade on the Granada border, narrates that episode of the fall of douglas in August 1330. Arsenal is the author of more than a dozen novels and informative essays. In novels, he has written works of historical and fantasy genre, and has obtained awards such as the City of Zaragoza for Historical Novels or the Minotaur.
The stone of destiny - Jesús Maeso de la Torre
Maeso de la Torre is a great of the historical novel homeland. He studied teaching in Ubeda, his hometown, and later he graduated in Philosophy and History in Cádiz, where he resides. He is also the author of the collection of poems Footsteps of Dreams (1976), but its fame is mainly due to the historical novel with titles such as Al-Gazal, the traveler from the two orients (2000) The Chinese box (2015) or the most recent, The tears of Julius Caesar.
The title alludes to the mythical Scone Stone, where the Scottish kings were crowned. Robert Bruce had promised to participate in a crusade to win the support of Avignon papacy to the independence of your country. The death He was crossed before, but he had time to entrust James Douglas with the mission of taking his embalmed heart to the Holy Land to fulfill his promise. They only reached al-Andalus.