Full name: William Wallace: Brave Heart

Author: James Mackay Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781851588237 185158823X

Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas - a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated - until now. James Mackay uses all his skills as a historical detective to produce this definitive biography, telling the incredible story of a man who, without wealth or noble birth, rose to become Guardian of Scotland. William Wallace, with superb generalship and tactical genius, led a country with no previous warlike tradition to triumph gloriously over the much larger, better-armed and better-trained English forces. Seven hundred years later, the heroism and betrayal, the valiant deeds and the dark atrocities, and the struggle of a small nation against a brutal and powerful empire, still create a compelling tale. Similar books: Robert the Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott Queen of Scots by John Guy The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Stefan Zweig Arbella by Sarah Gristwood Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell Scotland by Magnus Magnusson Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade Mary Tudor by H. F. M. Prescott Scotland by Michael Lynch History of William the Conqueror by Jacob Abbott Queen Anne by Anne Somerset Glencoe by John Prebble The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca