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William Wallace

1270–1305

William Wallace was a Scottish commander who became a leader of resistance to English rule. He helped win the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, was defeated at Falkirk and was later captured and executed in London.

In Robyn Young’s Insurrection, as Edward’s armies impose their authority and Scottish resistance gathers around William Wallace, Robert is pulled between service to the English king, loyalty to his family and the possibility of an independent Scotland. In Jack Whyte’s Rebel, on the eve of his execution at Smithfield in 1305, William Wallace receives a Scottish priest who has come to hear his final confession. Other novels featuring William Wallace include Robyn Young’s Renegade, David Pilling’s The Champion (II), Griff Hosker’s The Great Cause, Griff Hosker’s The Hunt, and Griff Hosker’s The Prince and the Archer.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to William Wallace

Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297 CE Wars of Scottish Independence 1296–1357 CE

Series

Series featuring William Wallace (7 series)

Lord Edward’s Archer in Order

by Griff Hosker 10 books 4.5

Lord Edward’s Archer follows Gerald Warbow from the Welsh Marches into the wars and political crises of Edward I and Edward II. The series combines archer warfare with the Second Barons’ War, Welsh resistance, crusading, the Scottish wars and court intrigue. It is a medieval military sequence about…

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Brethren Trilogy in Order

by Robyn Young 3 books 4.0

The Brethren Trilogy follows the Scottish-born Will Campbell from his apprenticeship within the Knights Templar to the destruction of the order in the early fourteenth century. Beginning during the last decades of the Crusader states, the novels move through London, Paris, Acre, Syria and Egypt as Will becomes…

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The Champion in Order

by David Pilling 5 books 4.4

The Champion follows the Valencian soldier En Pascal across the wars of western Europe at the turn of the fourteenth century. His campaigns connect the Anglo-French conflict, the Scottish resistance to Edward I, warfare in Iberia and Flanders, presenting a mercenary's view of shifting alliances, faith and military…

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Bravehearts Chronicles in Order

by Jack Whyte 3 books 4.4

The Bravehearts Chronicles follows Scotland’s struggle against English domination through the lives of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the men whose campaigns turned a disputed succession into a war for national survival. Each novel concentrates on a different stage of the conflict, from Wallace’s rise and execution…

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Insurrection Trilogy in Order

by Robyn Young 3 books 4.2

The Insurrection Trilogy traces Robert the Bruce from the Scottish succession crisis of 1286 to his victory at Bannockburn in 1314. Robyn Young places Bruce within a divided kingdom in which the Balliol, Bruce and Comyn interests compete for the crown while Edward I of England converts arbitration…

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Margaret Kerr Trilogy in Order

by Candace Robb 3 books 3.9

The Margaret Kerr trilogy follows a Scottish merchant's wife searching for truth and personal independence during the opening year of the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1297 Margaret travels through occupied Edinburgh and a country divided among supporters of John Balliol, Robert the Bruce, William Wallace and Edward…

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Plantagenet Saga in Order

by Jean Plaidy 14 books 4.1

The Plantagenet Saga spans the dynasty from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard III. Across fourteen novels, family rebellion, disputed succession, royal marriage and war connect the Angevin Empire, the conquest of Wales, conflict with Scotland, the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses.

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