He was the author of a wide range of books on Scottish castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history. Details Or fastest delivery Wednesday, May 3. Nigel Tranter has written many historical novels. Nigel Tranter OBE was a Scottish historian and writer. The Wallace: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Research Training (Coronet Books): .uk: Tranter, Nigel: 9780340212370: Books Literature & Fiction Historical Buy new: 8.99 RRP: 9.99 Details Save: 1.00 (10) FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, May 5 on your first order to UK or Ireland. Praise for Nigel Tranter: One of Scotlands most prolific and respected writers Times Through his imaginative dialogue, he provides a voice for Scotlands heroes Scotland on. The Wallace - Nigel Tranter - Bger - Hodder & Stoughton - 9780340212370 - January 6. Though Wallace was a heroic figure, he was but a man - and his chosen path was to lead him through grievous danger and personal tragedy before the final outcome. There was a Mel Gibson film of which one could say that any similarities with actual persons or events are unfortunately accidental which happens (perhaps coincidently) to be set in the right country at about the right time, but which otherwise drifts off on its own fantasy of violence as though there was enough and drama too in history as it is sometimes. The eponymous hero swears to rid his land of their cruelty and to restore Robert the Bruce to the throne. The incredible story of Scottish national hero William Wallace.

This is an example of very efficient writing in that that the author tells the same story as in the beginning of his Robert the Bruce trilogy, except from a slightly different point of view or to be explicit in this novel Robert the Bruce is an unreliable, lily-livered, unprincipled coward while in the Bruce trilogy he's a wily political survivor who could teach a fox a thing or two about cunning.Īpart from that minor difference the same historical ground is covered: King of Scots dies mysteriously, his heir is a little girl living in Norway, she is shipped to Scotland but dies in transit (medieval Maersk deny responsibility), enter rapacious English install John Balliol (his father had endowed the eponymous Oxford college) as King, he in a beautiful phrase is a toom tabard or an empty coat, one might say a suit, he's booted out were upon the serious fighting begins.

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