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Adapted and Read by Beverly Schmitt, PrestonSpeed
Publications
 "Robert the Bruce is the story of how
Scotland fought and won her freedom. For nearly seven
centuries the English and Scottish kings fought over the
land. In the 13th century, Edward I sat on the English
throne. Many consider him to be one of the bravest and
wisest kings of England. Others hold him to be one of the
most cruel, greedy, and unjust kings that ever wore a crown.
It was Edward I who brought about a war which ended in
Scotland, under King Robert the Bruce, gaining her freedom."
The Robert the Bruce Audiobook takes
place in Scotland, England, and Ireland in 1314.
The subject is the Scottish War of
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"Beowulf is of great interest because it
is the oldest poem in the Anglo-Saxon language which tells
of noble deeds in noble words. J.R.R. Tolkien in his 1936
lecture, Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics, rightly
pointed out that Beowulf is not only important for its
historical content, but for its literary credit as a story.
There is something strange and wonderful in the thought that
the story which pleased so many a thousand years ago should
please us today. What is more wonderful is that it should be
told in such words that they thrill us with delight and make
us feel as if those old days were fresh and living."
"Few
today know that while Wallace and Bruce were fighting for
freedom in Scotland, another fight for freedom was waging in
Switzerland. The battle of Morgarten was the great battle of
Swiss independence. In this battle, the Swiss rose up
against a repressive Austrian rule. Many today are surprised
to learn about this battle and that Morgarten occurred one
year after the battle of Bannockburn took place in
Scotland."
"Guy of Warwick is an English hero of
romance revealing a great deal about Anglo-Norman society.
He slays dragons, fights giants, battles in the Holy Land,
and rescues the weak and helpless."