Forest Laird by Jack Whyte

Forest Laird by Jack Whyte

In the pre-dawn 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 is the first heroic figure from the Scottish Wars of Independence, a man whose fame has reached far beyond his homeland. Wallace 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 listeners an amazing character study of the man who helped shape Scotland's future.

Whyte, Jack: - Jack Whyte is the author of sixteen novels of historical fiction, including the 10-novel cycle of A Dream of Eagles (the Camulod Chronicles in the USA), set in post-Roman Britain in the late third and early fourth centuries, the Knights Templar Trilogy, set in the Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and The Guardians Trilogy, set in 14th-century Scotland during the Wars of Independence. All of his novels are available worldwide and have been translated into more than fifteen foreign languages. By 2009, he had sold more than a million books in Canada alone.

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ISBN 13	9780765331595
ISBN 10	0765331594
Title	Forest Laird
Author	Jack Whyte
Series	Guardians
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Forge
Year published	2012-12-11
Number of pages	512
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