William Wallace: Robin Hood? Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history’s greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas. He was a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of birth have been mis-stated. William Wallace, with superb generalship and tactical genius, led a country with no previous warlike tradition to triumph over the much larger, better armed, and better trained English …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…joined by his brother (executed in 1307) and others. Exactly eleven months later, Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scots at Scone and won Scotland’s freedom. Bibliography Mackay, James. William Wallace Braveheart. Edinburgh and London: Mainstream Publishing, 1995. Lumby, J.R. (ed.), Chronicon Henrici Knighton, 2 vols, London, 1895 Brunton, Alexander, The History of Sir William Wallace and Scottish Affairs, Dunfermline, 1881 WEB PAGE: http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace/home.htm WEB PAGE: http://www.williamwallace.com