BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
256 Pages, 5 x 8
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $24.99 (US $24.99) (CA $33.99)
Publication Date: August 2014
ISBN 9780750953870
Rights: US & CA
The History Press (Aug 2014)
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?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 60 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. 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.
"May not make comfortable reading for those who insist on treating Wallace with absolute and uncritical adoration." —Daily Mail