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The Wallace Book (Paperback)
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The Wallace Book (Paperback)
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Through his personality, ingenuity and ability, he initiated a
resistance movement which ultimately secured the nation's freedom
and independence. Yet, Wallace was reviled, opposed and eventually
betrayed by the nobility in his own day to re-surface in the epic
poetry of the fifteenth century as a champion and liberator.
Eventually, his legend overtook the historical reality, a process
which has continued for centuries as manifested in modern media and
film. A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland
and England investigate what is known of the medieval warrior's
career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a
national hero, were created by his enemies. His reputation, from
the time of his horrendous execution to the present, is examined to
ascertain what the figure of Wallace meant to different generations
of Scots. Too dangerous perhaps for his own era, he became the
supreme Scottish hero of all time; the archetypal Scot who would
teach kings and nobles where their duty lay, and who would live
free or freely die for the liberty of his nation.
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