In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce
by G. A. Henty
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At the end of the thirteenth century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled against their despised English ruler, Edward Longshanks. In Freedom's Cause recounts the Scots' desperate but ultimately triumphant struggle in the face of overwhelming odds - a hard-fought series of battles conducted under the leadership of William Wallace and Robert Bruce.Time has burnished the feats of these great heroes to mythic proportions, but Wallace and Bruce were real people. This gripping tale of courage, loyalty, and ingenuity recounts their deeds within an accurate historical context. Readers join thei...
Chapters (31)
- In Freedom's Cause
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- CONTENTS
- PREFACE.
- Chapter I Glen Cairn
- Chapter II Leaving Home
- Chapter III Sir William Wallace
- Chapter IV The Capture of Lanark
- Chapter V A Treacherous Plot
- Chapter VI The Barns of Ayr
- Chapter VII The Cave in the Pentlands
- Chapter VIII The Council at Stirling
- Chapter IX The Battle of Stirling Bridge
- Chapter X The Battle of Falkirk
- Chapter XI Robert The Bruce
- Chapter XII The Battle of Methven
- Chapter XIII The Castle of Dunstaffnage
- Chapter XIV Colonsay
- Chapter XV A Mission to Ireland
- Chapter XVI An Irish Rising
- Chapter XVII The King's Blood Hound
- Chapter XVIII The Hound Restored
- Chapter XIX The Convent of St. Kenneth
- Chapter XX The Heiress of the Kerrs
- Chapter XXI The Siege of Aberfilly
- Chapter XXII A Prisoner
- Chapter XXIII The Escape from Berwick
- Chapter XXIV The Progress of the War
- Chapter XXV The Capture of a Stronghold
- Chapter XXVI Edinburgh
- Chapter XXVII Bannockburn
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