In the Footsteps of William Wallace

by Alan Young (Author), Alan Young (Author), Michael J. Stead (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $4.33

  In this volume, historical narrative, quotations, colour photographs and archive illustrations take the reader on a journey through the short, but spectacular, career of the Scotsman, William Wallace. Wallace burst from obscurity into the war against Edward I's England in 1297, winning a remarkable victory against the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September. Less than eight years later, Wallace was betrayed, captured, then tried and savagely executed in London. This book looks behind the legend to discover Wallace's real life - his family and upbringing in southwest Scotland and his relationship to key personalities in the Wars of Independence. It also examines Wallace's role as a guerrilla leader and a military commander, both in victory and defeat; and his role in politics as leader and in political exile, still continuing the fight for the Scottish cause. The book features colour photographs of the landscapes and buildings of southwest, central and northern Scotland, northern England, York and London.

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $21.82

  For nearly 700 years debate has raged over the true nature of William Wallace and his role in Scotland's turbulent history. Was he the Braveheart of Blind Harry's legendary account, the bold, but savage, hero of the Scottish wars? Or, as some contemporary chroniclers attested, nothing but a villainous thief and vagrant fugitive? This book draws on a wide range of contemporary and modern sources to look behind the figure of legend to find Wallace's true character. Through superb photographs, we trace the journey of Wallace from his modest upbringing in south-west Scotland and his first victory as a `guerilla' leader and military commander at Stirling Bridge to his painful death seven years later. We see his `invasion' of Northumberland and Cumberland. This is an essential travelling companion for a journey through Wallace's kingdom and to learn more about the myth and the man.