Books with title The Scottish Chiefs. Revised

Rooted in political controversy, gender warfare, violence, and revolution, Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace’s struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. After the cruel death of his wife at the hands of the English, Wallace embarks on a patriotic crusade to free Scotland, gathering around himself loyal followers of both sexes, drawn from across Scottish society. Using the cross-dressing motifs of romance, Porter demonstrates that women have a crucial role to play in the drama of national identity, either as temptresses or national heroines. The Scottish Chiefs is a landmark in the development of the historical novel, and explores vital questions of patriotism, civic duty, heroism, and the role of women. This Broadview edition offers a critical introduction and important historical contexts for the novel in the form of reviews, excerpts from Porter’s prefaces, and other contemporary accounts of William Wallace.

The Scottish Chiefs is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This publication is professionally scanned from an original edition of the book, and of the best possible quality. This popular classic work by Jane Porter is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Jane Porter then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

A romantic, suspenseful novel of Scotland's 14th-century heroes, Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. First published in 1809 to spectacular success throughout Europe, this new edition captures the grandeur of the earlier edition, with Wyeth's glorious paintings reproduced from the original canvases. One of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. It portrays the war for Scottish Independence (1296 -1305) from the hated Roman Catholic Viking-Normans led by King Edward I. The book inspired our great American Hero President Andrew Jackson to fight another foreign invasion. He was fighting the same enemy as his noble ancestor William Wallace. A lot of the tactics that General Jackson employed were right out of its pages, especially his reliance on spies to keep track of the movement of the enemy.

“The Scottish Chiefs” was published in 1809 and it is an epic story based on the legend of Sir William Wallace and his patriotic crusade, in the 14th century, to deliver the Scottish people from the English. With this novel, Jane Porter became a precursor to the historical romances of Walter Scott and made a valuable contribution to women's literature. Besides patriotism, masculinity, civic duty, heroism and gender warfare, the author also presents the role played by women in the history of national identity, as national heroines or temptresses, fully capable of showing spirited initiative and resourcefulness. The historical accuracy is quite low, but the book was written to be a romance, not a historic document. Jane Porter creates some really exquisite descriptions throughout the book that bring sheer enjoyment to the readers who allow themselves to get swept away in the story. Besides descriptions, the excitement is brought by the heroic deeds and the overall tragedy, the battles and the emotions. William Wallace is presented as manly, handsome, virtuous, faithful, motivated by the power of his grief after the brutal death of his wife, fully loyal to his country and able to make very rousing speeches. We do not know if the real William Wallace used to speak like this, but if he did, no wonder that his people were so willing to follow him. He may seem old-fashioned today, but he was crayoned exactly as real heroes used to be in the days when the book was so popular. The other characters are somehow painted only in black and white; the allies of Wallace and Scotland are the good guys, while the others are the bad guys. There is no real challenge to discover some shades of gray in between. All in all, the book is certainly a good read, and the story had the power to influence many people.

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Excerpt from The Scottish ChiefsI might have been a child again, hearing my mother's voice calling me to supper from my nook in the window-seat, while I pleaded: Oh! Only five more minutes, please! Wallace has just rescued Lady Helen and he's bearing her in his arms over the rushing torrent on a bridge of a single tree!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.