Bruce lifted his battle-axe high in the air... mb-code 2324850 View from Greenwich Park

View from Greenwich Park

There had been much unrest in Ireland

a collector of rents for a monastery

by John Richard1893 Green

'The Thames During the Great Frost of 1739'

Bruce lifted his battle-axe high in the air... mb-code 2324850 View from Greenwich Park'Bruce lifted his battle axe high in the air, then brought it crashing down upon the helmet of Bohun', 1314, (1905). King Robert the Bruce of Scotland kills Sir Henry de Bohun, an English knight, at the Battle of Bannockburn. Illustration from Our Island Story by H E Marshall, published by T C & E C Jack Ltd, (London and Edinburgh, 1905). The book gave a very biased and pro British view of history.