Download or read book Scottish Heroes in the Days of Wallace and Bruce written by Alexander Low and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scottish Heroes in the Days of Wallace and Bruce written by Alexander Low and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book William Wallace and Robert the Bruce written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the major battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "A false usurper sinks in every foe And liberty returns with every blow." - Blind Harry From their very beginnings, England and Scotland fought each other. Emerging as unified nations from the early medieval period, their shared border and inter-related aristocracy created endless causes of conflict, from local raiders known as border reivers to full blown wars between their monarchies. Every century from the 11th to the 16th was colored by such violence, and there were periods when not a decade went by without some act of violence marring the peace. Out of all of this, the most bitterly remembered conflict is Edward I's invasion during the late 13th century. After Edward's death, the English were eventually beaten back at the famous Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and thus the early 14th century was a period featuring some of Scotland's greatest national heroes, including William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. It still resonates in the Scottish national memory, all the more so following its memorable but wildly inaccurate depiction in the 1995 film Braveheart, which had Scottish audiences cheering in cinemas. William Wallace is one of the most famous freedom fighters in history, and over 700 years after his death he is still remembered as Scotland's beloved hero. But while the movie Braveheart helped make him a household name, and he is commemorated across Scotland as a natural leader and a loyal son of his homeland, he is also "the most mysterious of the leaders of the Scottish resistance to Edward I." This is because, paradoxically, the very famous soldier is also one of the least well known. In fact, the mystery surrounding Wallace is figuring out precisely, or even vaguely, who he was. Where did this champion of Scottish independence come from? Who was his family? What did he do before emerging from obscurity with the brutal murder of William Heselrig, the English sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297? So little evidence on Wallace's life exists that answering even the most basic questions about him can be a challenge. Piecing together the story of William Wallace's life is an exercise in asking more questions than can be answered, and often in looking at just as much conjecture as proof. This book attempts to separate fact from fiction while looking at the life and fighting of the man who inspired Braveheart. Though it's often forgotten today, Robert the Bruce was a bit shiftier, if only out of necessity. Robert the Bruce has become a figure of Scottish national legend, renowned as the man who threw off the shackles of English oppression, but prior to 1306, this Anglo-Scottish nobleman did little to cover himself in glory or to earn a reputation as a hero of the national cause. A member of one of Scotland's leading noble families, Bruce inherited his grandfather's claim to the right to be King of the Scots. That older Bruce had been one of the two leading competitors in the Great Cause, and the family still held ambitions toward the throne. They also held resentments dating back to that disputed inheritance against the Balliol clan and their supporters the Comyns. Of course, this was all forgiven and forgotten after Bannockburn and Bruce's rise to the Scottish throne, which he held for over two decades. This book analyzes the lives of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the two Scottish heroes like never before.

Download or read book Wallace Bruce written by Antony Kamm and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause written by George Alfred Henty and published by London : Blackie. This book was released on 1885 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the fourteenth century in Scotland, young Archie Forbes becomes involved with both William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in the struggle for Scottish independence from English rule.

Download or read book Wallace and Bruce heroes of Scotland written by Mary Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause written by G. A. Henty and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the thirteenth century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled under the leadership of William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Time has burnished the feats of these great heroes to mythic proportions, but Wallace and Bruce were real people. This gripping tale of courage, loyalty, and ingenuity recounts their deeds within an accurate historical context. Readers join their company alongside a fictional protagonist, young Archie Forbes, whose estates have been wrongfully confiscated. Archie forms a group of scouts for the Scottish army to fight alongside the legendary chieftains (who were memorably portrayed in the film "Braveheart) for their country's independence.

Download or read book Wallace the Hero of Scotland written by James Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause written by G. A. Henty and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MY DEAR LADS, There are few figures in history who have individually exercised so great an influence upon events as William Wallace and Robert Bruce. It was to the extraordinary personal courage, indomitable perseverance, and immense energy of these two men that Scotland owed her freedom from English domination. So surprising were the traditions of these feats performed by these heroes that it was at one time the fashion to treat them as belonging as purely to legend as the feats of St. George or King Arthur. Careful investigation, however, has shown that so far from this being the case, almost every deed reported to have been performed by them is verified by contemporary historians. Sir William Wallace had the especial bad fortune of having come down to us principally by the writings of his bitter enemies, and even modern historians, who should have taken a fairer view of his life, repeated the cry of the old English writers that he was a bloodthirsty robber. Mr. W. Burns, however, in his masterly and exhaustive work, The Scottish War of Independence, has torn these calumnies to shreds, and has displayed Wallace as he was, a high minded and noble patriot. While consulting other writers, especially those who wrote at the time of or but shortly after the events they record, I have for the most part followed Burns in all the historical portions of the narrative. Throughout the story, therefore, wherein it at all relates to Wallace, Bruce, and the other historical characters, the circumstances and events can be relied upon as strictly accurate, save only in the earlier events of the career of Wallace, of which the details that have come down to us are somewhat conflicting, although the main features are now settled past question. Yours sincerely, G.A. HENTY

Download or read book Sir William Wallace written by Alexander Falconer Murison and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir William Wallace is a biography by Alexander Falconer Murison. Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and hero; who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.

Download or read book Wallace and Bruce written by Antony Kamm and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the golden age of Alexander III to Robert II, the first Stewart king, this book tells the history of Scotland between 1249 and 1371, as well as the story of two of its most famous heroes.

Download or read book From Bannockburn to Flodden written by Walter Scott and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000-08-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first portion of the classic volume written by Scott, Tales of a Grandfather, covering the history of Scotland up to Scott's time.

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause a Story of Wallace and Bruce Complete with Original Illustrations written by G. A. Henty and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few figures in history who have individually exercised so great an influence upon events as William Wallace and Robert Bruce. It was to the extraordinary personal courage, indomitable perseverance, and immense energy of these two men that Scotland owed her freedom from English domination. So surprising were the traditions of these feats performed by these heroes that it was at one time the fashion to treat them as belonging as purely to legend as the feats of St. George or King Arthur. Careful investigation, however, has shown that so far from this being the case, almost every deed reported to have been performed by them is verified by contemporary historians. Sir William Wallace had the especial bad fortune of having come down to us principally by the writings of his bitter enemies, and even modern historians, who should have taken a fairer view of his life, repeated the cry of the old English writers that he was a bloodthirsty robber. Mr. W. Burns, however, in his masterly and exhaustive work, The Scottish War of Independence, has torn these calumnies to shreds, and has displayed Wallace as he was, a high minded and noble patriot. While consulting other writers, especially those who wrote at the time of or but shortly after the events they record, I have for the most part followed Burns in all the historical portions of the narrative. Throughout the story, therefore, wherein it at all relates to Wallace, Bruce, and the other historical characters, the circumstances and events can be relied upon as strictly accurate, save only in the earlier events of the career of Wallace, of which the details that have come down to us are somewhat conflicting, although the main features are now settled past question.

Download or read book The Life of Sir William Wallace the Governor General of Scotland and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs Etc written by Peter Donaldson (Medical Historian.) and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause a Story of Wallace and Bruce Illustrated Classic Edition with Original Illustrations written by G. A. Henty and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few figures in history who have individually exercised so great an influence upon events as William Wallace and Robert Bruce. It was to the extraordinary personal courage, indomitable perseverance, and immense energy of these two men that Scotland owed her freedom from English domination. So surprising were the traditions of these feats performed by these heroes that it was at one time the fashion to treat them as belonging as purely to legend as the feats of St. George or King Arthur. Careful investigation, however, has shown that so far from this being the case, almost every deed reported to have been performed by them is verified by contemporary historians. Sir William Wallace had the especial bad fortune of having come down to us principally by the writings of his bitter enemies, and even modern historians, who should have taken a fairer view of his life, repeated the cry of the old English writers that he was a bloodthirsty robber. Mr. W. Burns, however, in his masterly and exhaustive work, The Scottish War of Independence, has torn these calumnies to shreds, and has displayed Wallace as he was, a high minded and noble patriot. While consulting other writers, especially those who wrote at the time of or but shortly after the events they record, I have for the most part followed Burns in all the historical portions of the narrative. Throughout the story, therefore, wherein it at all relates to Wallace, Bruce, and the other historical characters, the circumstances and events can be relied upon as strictly accurate, save only in the earlier events of the career of Wallace, of which the details that have come down to us are somewhat conflicting, although the main features are now settled past question.

Download or read book In Freedom s Cause written by G. A. Henty and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce" is the gripping tale of the 13th century rebellion of the people of Scotland, under the leadership of William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Though time has burnished the feats of these great heroes, Wallace and Bruce were real people whose courage, loyalty, and ingenuity are inspirational yet today. The accuracy of the Scottish history in "In Freedom's Cause" is superb: though a fictional character is included, the persons discussed, the geography talked about, and the timeline presented is very accurate. The chief protagonist in "In Freedom's Cause," the fictional Sir Archie Forbes, grows up in the time of Wallace and Bruce, interacting with them and other historical characters from that period of Scottish History. The story is full of adventure, friendship, loyalty, honor, heroics, and history. Good values are presented. As with all of his books, G. A. Henty does detail many graphic battles. One of the most popular British authors of the late 19th century, G. A. Henty's historical adventures inspires boys to honesty, courage, diligence, and duty. Famous as "The Prince of Story-Tellers," G. A. Henty was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century, including Out on the Pampas, The Young Buglers, With Clive in India, Wulf the Saxon, and of course, "In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce."

Download or read book Scottish History Heroes and Heroines B written by David Ross and published by Waverley Books Limited. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: