William Wallace: Brave Heart

About this book

Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of historys 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.