The Lord of the Isles: A Poem (Classic Reprint) - Paperback

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Tn scene of this poem lies, at first, in the castle of Artonish, on the coast of Argyleshire and, after wards, in the islands of Skye and Arran, and upon the coast of Ayrshire. Finally, it is laid near Stir llng. The story opens in the spring of the year I, when Bruce, who had been driven out of Scotland by the English, and the Barons who ud hered to that foreign interest, returned from the Island of Rachrin on the coast of Ireland, again to Inert his claims to the Scottish crowns' Many-oi the personage; and in'cidents introduced are of hhtorical celebrity. The author mes use3 are chiefly those of the venerable Lord Haifa, as well entitled to be called the restorer of Scottish history, as Bruce the restorer of Scottish monarchy 'and M Archdeacon Barbour, a comrt edition of whose Metricul History of Robert Bruce will soon, I trust, appear under the care of my learned friend, the Rev. Dr. Jamieson.

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