The Wallace

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book The Wallace by Blind Harry, Canongate Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Blind Harry ISBN: 9781847674692
Publisher: Canongate Books Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: Canongate Books Language: English
Author: Blind Harry
ISBN: 9781847674692
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: Canongate Books
Language: English

Edited and Introduced by Anne McKim. This extraordinary poem has been widely popular and influential ever since it was written in the fifteenth century, and its heroic account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Looking back to the days of the Bruce and the war of independence, Blind Harry’s poem is not an aristocratic tale of chivalry and nobility, but a vivid account of the vagaries of war and the brutal realities of battle, wounding and betrayal, all seen from the point of view of the troops in the field. The fruit of many years of scholarship, Anne McKim has produced what is unquestionably the definitive edition of this truly epic work. ‘The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice in my veins which will boil along there till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest.’ Robert Burns

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Edited and Introduced by Anne McKim. This extraordinary poem has been widely popular and influential ever since it was written in the fifteenth century, and its heroic account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Looking back to the days of the Bruce and the war of independence, Blind Harry’s poem is not an aristocratic tale of chivalry and nobility, but a vivid account of the vagaries of war and the brutal realities of battle, wounding and betrayal, all seen from the point of view of the troops in the field. The fruit of many years of scholarship, Anne McKim has produced what is unquestionably the definitive edition of this truly epic work. ‘The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice in my veins which will boil along there till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest.’ Robert Burns

More books from Canongate Books

Cover of the book Bannockburn by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Grampian Quartet by Blind Harry
Cover of the book Childish Things by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Wilderness Journeys by Blind Harry
Cover of the book Glasgow Zen by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Journal Of Sir Walter Scott by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Song of King Gesar by Blind Harry
Cover of the book Giant Steps by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Member And The Radical by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Kiln by Blind Harry
Cover of the book How We Should Rule Ourselves by Blind Harry
Cover of the book Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi by Blind Harry
Cover of the book A Caledonian Feast by Blind Harry
Cover of the book The Three Perils Of Man by Blind Harry
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy