"From Bannockburn to Flodden," the first volume in Sir Walter Scott's popularized history of his beloved Scotland, recounts the medieval history of his native land. In these stories he tells of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, and other leaders of the period, as well as the foundations of the Stewart monarchy. These stories proved to be the most intimate, most accessible, and most dramatic of all the tales Scott ever presented to his readers.
From William Wallace and Robert the Bruce to John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots, from the subjugation of Rob Roy and the rising of the Jacobites to the crusade of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the quest of the Duke of Cumberland, these "Tales from a Scottish Grandfather" covered the entire romantic story of Scotland as a grandfather would tell it to his grandchildren, for Scott specifically addressed them to his ten-year old grandson. Scott focuses all of his narrative power for the sake of love - love of family, love of place, and love of legacy. This history of Scotland is the richer for it.
