including details like a wife named Marion Braidfute, and claiming that Wallace killed the Sheriff of Lanark in revenge for the killing of his wife. However much of this poem is unsubstantiated, at variance with contemporary sources, or disputed by historians. In 1793 Robert Burns wrote the lyrics to Scots Wha Hae wi Wallace bled. Jane Porter penned a romantic version of the Wallace legend in the historical novel The Scottish Chiefs (1810). In her prize-winning poem of 1819, Wallace's Invocation to Bruce, Felicia Hemans imagines Wallace urging Bruce to continue the struggle for freedom after defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. In 1828, Walter Scott wrote of "The Story of Sir William Wallace" in his Tales of a Grandfather (first series). G. A. Henty wrote a novel about this time period titled In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce (1885). Henty, a producer of and writer for the Boy's Own Paper story paper, portrays the life of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, The Black Douglas and others, while dovetailing the events of his novel with historical fiction. Nigel Tranter wrote a historical novel titled The Wallace (1975), "admirably free of anything to do with Braveheart". The Temple and the Stone (1998), a novel by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris, includes a storyline creating a fictional connection between Wallace and Templar Knights. Gaming Wallace is the subject and protagonist of the tutorial campaign in realtime strategy game Age of Empires II. Beer A number of beers are named for Wallace. A brewery in Bridge of Allan, Scotland, makes a Scottish ale named "William Wallace", and Scottish Maclays Brewery had a beer called "Wallace". See also Auchenbathie Tower – Wallace's Knowe Clan Wallace Wallace's Heel Well – an imprint of Wallace's heel in stone Wallace's Well – Robroyston, Glasgow Notes References Bibliography Scott, Sir Walter. Exploits and death of William Wallace, the 'Hero of Scotland' External links Wallace and Bruce The Lübeck letter Wallace letters to go on show Year of birth unknown 1305 deaths 1305 in Scotland Guardians of Scotland Prisoners in the Tower of London People executed under the Plantagenets by hanging, drawing and quartering People executed under the Plantagenets for treason against England Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence Scottish generals Scottish knights Scottish letter writers Scottish rebels Scottish Roman Catholics Executed Scottish people People from Renfrewshire 13th-century Scottish people 13th-century births