The Bruce Trilogy 1

The Steps to the Empty Throne

De: Nigel Tranter

Narrado por: Michael Elder

The compelling story of Scotland's hero-king who, tutored and encouraged by the great William Wallace, united his despairing people in a deadly fight for the throne and national survival.

In the first of this best selling trilogy, Nigel Tranter charts these turbulent years, revealing the flowering of Bruce's character, sustained by a passionate love, not only of his land and people, but...

©1969 Nigel Tranter (P)1997 Novelsound

a highly accurate historical novel

an easily accessible story form overview of the power politics of the wars of independence.

Captures the spirit of the time

If you could sum up The Bruce Trilogy 1 in three words, what would they be?

Well done abridgement

What did you like best about this story?

I've read the full version and this abridged version does the tale justice.The story flows seamlessly, and the narration is emotion packed. If you want a quick (well rather quick) introduction to a major foundation of Scottish independence, this is an excellent choice.

What about Michael Elder’s performance did you like?

He captures the time and the emotion.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The wooing of Elizabeth De Burgh is given full justice, and for a book written in 1969 is very contemporary. Women lost a great champion when Nigel Tranter, the author, died in 2000.

Missing chapters make for poor listening

I am a big Nigel Trantor fan and have actually read the book in hardcover, and it is a great book! Unfortunately, one would never know it by listening to THIS copy. The glitch has not been fixed, yet Audible is still selling and downloading the copy.

Disappointing

Thus was my first purchase and I didn't read the description all the way through. Not the unabridged version ... takes away alot from the story. Very disappointing and not worth the purchase

The Bruce Trilogy 1: The Steps to the Empty Throne

The problem Gary wrote about in his review on July 5,2009 still exists on August 26, 2010. I am told," no estimated time as to when an Audio Bug will be fixed". I am not holding my breath. I am very disappointed.

Not quite Trilogy 1

I was looking forward to listening to the 1st of the Trilogy but I could only download 2 chapters, what appears to be the 1st chapter of Trilogy 1 and the second [chapter of Trilogy 1] was in fact the 1st chapter of Trilogy 3 - would be interested to know if anyone has managed to receive the full Trilogy 1 book - anyway I will let you know what I think about it when I get to listen to it...