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    The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace

    By Jack Whyte

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    The Forest Laird is the tale of William Wallace, the great hero of the Scottish Wars of Independence. Jack Whyte has pulled back the curtain of history and has given us a riveting story of Wallace's struggles against the tyranny of the English.

    In the predawn hours of August 24th, 1305, in London's Smithfield Prison, the outlaw William Wallace—hero of all the Scots and deadly enemy of King Edward of England—sits awaiting the dawn, when he is to be hanged and then drawn and quartered. This brutal sundering of his body is the revenge of the English. Wallace is visited by a Scottish priest who has come to hear his last confession, a priest who knows Wallace like a brother. Wallace's confession—the tale that follows—is all the more remarkable because it comes from real life.

    We follow Wallace through his many lives—as outlaw and fugitive, hero and patriot, rebel and kingmaker. His exploits and escapades, desperate struggles and victorious campaigns are all here, as are the high ideals and fierce patriotism that drove him to abandon the people he loved to save his country.

    William Wallace, the first heroic figure from the Scottish Wars of Independence and a man whose fame has reached far beyond his homeland, served as a subject for the Academy Award–winning film Braveheart. In The Forest Laird, Jack Whyte's masterful storytelling breathes life into Wallace's tale, giving readers an amazing character study of the man who helped shape Scotland's future.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 14, 2012
    ISBN9781429922616
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    The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace
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    Jack Whyte

    Jack Whyte was born and raised in Scotland, and educated in England and France. Whyte is married, with five adult children, and lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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    • 4/5
      Today William Wallace is considered a hero of Scotland, not the outlaw that he was held to be by the English in the 13th century. His opposition to Edward I and the English having a stranglehold on Scotland led him into open rebellion. He led the Scottish forces at a number of battles but was eventually betrayed and turned over to the English. Charged with treason, he was tortured, hung but taken down while still alive to be drawn and quartered. The Forest Laird by Jack Whyte is a work of historical fiction, based on the facts of his life.Circumstances of fate brought William Wallace to take the direction that eventually brought him to his grisly ending. He grew up during the rule of Alexander III of Scotland but when that king died unexpectedly leaving the country without a proper heir, the English saw an opportunity to step in and claim Scotland for themselves. In The Forest Laird the author breathes life into the myth. Told through the voice of his cousin, Father James, who grew up with Wallace, we read of the reluctant outlaw, fugitive and hero who at heart was a man who was most at home in the forest, and would rather have lived quietly there with his family. This was a good story that developed the character of William Wallace beyond the Hollywood treatment of the film “Braveheart”. The book opens on the eve of Wallace’s death and so there is no nasty surprise awaiting the reader, his execution is known from the start. Although the book occasionally got bogged down with political events and explanations, I enjoyed this story about a simple man who got caught up in complex events.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book, as I love all Jack Whyte's books. It is about William Wallace the fabled hero of Scotland that the Braveheart film was based on. It is a purely fictional account of his rise and fall and is written with all the warmth and feeling that Jack Whytes weaves into all his books.Written in the first person by Wallace's supposed cousin Father James Wallace it tells the story of the 2 boys at age 8 or 9 being badly used by English soldiers to the ignominious death of William, taken by the English soldiery trying to revenge the death of his beloved wife Mirren and baby son Willie. A wonderful telling of a story relegated to legend and history. A must read for anyone intersted in this period of history, or even if you just enjoy a real good yarn.
    • 3/5
      Halfway through the book I was strongly reminded of RobinHood.