This biography tells the story of a man seven hundred years ago who, without wealth or noble birth, rose to become Guardian of Scotland William Wallace, with superb generalship and tactical genius, led a country with no previous warlike tradition to triumph gloriously over the much larger, better-armed and better-trained English forcesWilliam Wallace rose to become guardian of Scotland With superb generalship and tactical genius, he led the country to triumph over the much larger and better equipped English forces