Rebel is a retelling of the story of William Wallace/Braveheart. I’ve read Jack Whyte books before and his style of character development was familiar to me. The story is told from the perspective of William’s cousin, Jamie, as they both mature from boyhood to adolescence. The bond between the co...
Jack Whyte lives in Kelowna, BCBegins in 1085 Templars existed for less than 200 years-legitimate standing army of the RC church. Invented first international banks, developed the largest navy in the world, financed all the kings and kingdoms of Christendom, amassed the largest real estate holdi...
This was a book given to me by a friend who said I'd enjoy it. I read the first book in this series nearly three years ago in preparation to read this book. Obviously, it took a while to get back to the series though I'm glad I did.The main thing I was left with at the end of this book was the se...
Could I have influenced any of what occurred, had I planted my feet firmly and objected to what Will was proposing? What might he have done, had I ranted and admonished him, reminding him that he was endangering his immortal soul? Would he have relented? Would he have chosen some other way to pro...
We were perhaps three miles from Stirling town, and the castle, clearly visible atop its soaring crag in the distance, seemed to beckon to us as the feverish activity of setting up another marching camp broke out yet again. The surrounding countryside, so tranquil when it first came into view, wa...