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David R. Ross - On the Trail of William Wallace, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

On the Trail of William Wallace

Av David R. Ross

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On the Trail of William Wallace offers a refreshing insight into the life and heritage of the great Scots hero whose proud story is at the very heart of what it means to be Scottish, and whose effect on the ordinary Scot through the ages is manifest in the many sites where his memory is marked.In trying to piece together the jigsaw of the reality of Wallace’s life, David R. Ross weaves a subtle flow of new information with his own observations. His engaging, thoughtful and at times amusing narrative reads with the ease of a historical novel, complete with all the intrigue, treachery and romance required to hold the attention of the casual reader and still entice the more knowledgeable historian. An encyclopaedia-cum-guidebook, this is stuffed with fascinating titbits not usually on offer in the conventional history book.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-05-03
  • Mått: 134 x 210 x 10 mm
  • Vikt: 250 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: On the Trail of
  • Antal sidor: 160
  • Förlag: Luath Press Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781913025168
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David Ross lives in East Kilbride. A keen motorcyclist and amateur historian, for years he has spent every free moment visiting historic sites, battlefields and castles, travelling everywhere by bike. He has immersed himself in finding out as much as he can about the great Scots hero, William Wallace, and is organiser of and historical adviser to the Wallace Society. He is currently writing a guide to historical sites associated with Robert the Bruce.

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The biker-historian’s unique combination of unabashed romanticism and easy irreverence make him the ideal guide to historical subjects all too easily either swallowed up in maudlin sentiment or ‘demythologized’ by academic studies. The ScotsmanRoss writes with an immediacy, a dynamism, that makes his subjects come alive on the page. The CourierYou have to keep reminding yourself, listening to David Ross talk about William Wallace, that the Scottish patriot lived and died 700 years ago. For the freshness and vigour with which he tells the tale gives the impression that it all happened only yesterday - and that he was the reporter on the spot, charged with recording the events for posterity.  Televisual on 24/02/1999

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