Wallace (extract)
Of our ancestors, brave true ancient Scots,
Whose glorious scutcheons knew no bars or blots;
But blood untainted circled ev'ry vein,
And ev'ry thing ignoble did disdain;
Of such illustrious patriots and bold,
Who stoutly did maintain our rights of old,
Who their malicious, invet'rate foes,
With sword in hand, did gallantly oppose:
And in their own, and nation's just defence,
Did briskly check the frequent insolence
Of haughty neighbours, enemies profest,
Picts, Danes, and Saxons, Scotland's very pest;
Of such, I say, I'll brag and vaunt so long
As I have power to use my pen or tongue;
And sound their praises in such modern strain
As suiteth best a Scot's poetic vein,
First, here I honour, in particular,
Sir William Wallace, much renown'd in war,
Whose bold progenitors have long time stood,
Of honourable and true Scottish blood.
BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE
Edward I’s army under the command of John de Warenne
and Hugh de Cressingham planned to cross the River Forth at Stirling.
The narrow wooden bridge offered the safest river crossing as the
Forth widened to the east and the treacherous marshland of Flanders Moss
lay to the west.
BATTLE OF FALKIRK
The Welsh refused to attack so Edward sent in two groups of mounted knights.
They traveled around the schiltrons and charged but couldn’t break them.
Knights fell as their horses were impaled on Scots spears like kebabs.
At that moment,
when they should have joined the fight, the Scots nobles turned their horses
and rode away from the battlefield.
The English knights turned on the Scots bowmen,
cutting them down and killing their leader Sir John Stewart.
Edward recalled his cavalry and ordered his archers to loose.
The English longbow was a new and deadly weapon; its iron-tipped arrows
could pierce chainmail and padded armour. Flight after flight of arrows
rained down on the Scots and began to break the schiltrons. Edward sent his
knights to finish the Scots.
book blog
Monday, 2 December 2013
Monday, 28 October 2013
A Series Of Unfortunate Events (book the third)
today I finished reading the most amazing book ever, it's called "a series of unfortunate events - the wide window" by lemony snicket. it's about a group of children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny who are taken to there aunts house to live. also if you don't like hurricanes, signalling devices, leeches, lakes called Lachrymose, evil villains, dolls named pretty penny, chilled cucumber soup, cold lime soup and aunts who are scared of everything then don't even bother to pick up or even look at this book! just kidding, this is an amazing book that is deferentially in my top 3 best books ever. I would rate this book 4 ½ stars just because it is amazing and I'm surprised I have never read it before.
Saturday, 26 October 2013
harry potter: the chamber of secrets
this is a classic book by JK Rowling and is about a boy called harry (below) and he is a wizard.
This book is very good for children who are 8 and older. Strong friendships and loyalties are represented throughout the novel. There are a few bits in the book which may frighten some people since they contain a giant spider and a giant snake. There is some blood and violence surrounding the snake, too. It is relatively mild, though. I would not recommend reading the book if you are squeamish about blood... I think overall it is an excellent book and it is one of my personal favourites!
How to draw manga
How to draw manga is basically a book that teaches you how to draw manga robots and monsters and other creatures.
Thus book goes through almost everything you need to know about drawing manga and comics and, to be honest, some extra stuff you don't need or want to know...
Thus book contains a lot if text but could do with more pics. Other than that I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn to draw manga!
Thus book goes through almost everything you need to know about drawing manga and comics and, to be honest, some extra stuff you don't need or want to know...
Thus book contains a lot if text but could do with more pics. Other than that I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn to draw manga!
videogames! by clash
This book is really everything about video games in a nutshell. It contains pictures and explanations about everything from the first ever console created (the brown box) to the first commercial game created
(SPACE-WARS!)
it also contains information about stuff like:
1. how people make games
2. how much money games make
3. how to make a game
and loads of other stuff like that...
i would recommend this book for anyone who is obsessed with video games!
big nate and friends
This is a graphic novel written by Lincoln Peirce about a boy called Nate who is in 6th grade.
in this book it shows how everyone needs friends to help them succeed in everything they do.
Nate's friends have seen it all in this book, from his fail bad boy attempt to his chess tournament trash-talk, to his YO MAMA smack-down with Teddy. (his friend)
I found this book very funny and easy to read, I would rate this book 5* because it leaves the reader still wanting to read more long after the have finished reading it!
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