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William Wallace : the true story of Braveheart / Chris Brown.
- Title
- William Wallace : the true story of Braveheart / Chris Brown.
- Author
- Brown, Chris, 1957-
- Publication
- Stroud : Tempus, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- 287 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "William Wallace of Elderslie, younger son of a country knight, came to fame through his active opposition to the aggressive imperialism of England's King Edward I. From political and social obscurity he seized control of the reins of government and became the first leader of his people in a war of liberation against a far larger and richer enemy - England - that would last for more than sixty years. With little or no experience in the business of government or of war, William Wallace was able to achieve command, but proved unable to retain it in the face of battlefield defeat." "Historians have seen Wallace as a man of the common people, a man who built an army from the patriotic masses when the Scottish nobility sided with the English. In fact, Wallace was a member of the nobility himself and his army little removed from the ordinary military conventions of the day. Chris Brown cuts through the myths still perpetuated today to produce the first biography of Wallace driven by contemporary medieval records rather than Victorian legends to present an accurate portrait of the life and career of Scotland's greatest hero. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Revealing history
- Uniform Title
- Revealing history.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. William Wallace, Knight of Scotland -- 2. Of Noble Kin: The Society of William Wallace -- 3. The Roots of the War -- 4. From Gangster to Governor -- 5. The Battle of Stirling Bridge -- 6. From Victory to Ignominy -- 7. Exile and Defiance -- 8. But What Was It All For? -- 9. Death and Immortality -- 10. Wallace and Fordoun: 'A Doughty and Powerful Man' -- 11. Wallace and Wyntoun: 'Their Chieftain and Their Leader' -- 12. Wallace and Bower: 'A Man Successful in Everything' -- 13. Wallace and Blind Harry: 'One Man of Great Renown' -- 14. In the Eyes of the Enemy: Wallace in English Records.
- ISBN
- 9780752434322
- 0752434322
- LCCN
- 9780752434322
- OCLC
- 59353610
- SCSB-11270549
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library