William Wallace: A Scottish Hero? Very little is known about Wallace, there are only a few records and paintings. However, the paintings were often made over a hundred years after his death. Most recorded references to him were by the English who were obviously going to say that his war cost so many people their lives. But they were correct; Wallace was a genocidal coward.
Everyone knows William Wallace pillaged the North of England, but what exactly did he do? Wallace would destroy whole towns and kill thousands of innocent people, burn their houses, leaving them homeless. How would you feel if someone burned down your town, killed your family and then became a hero to millions of people? People who think Wallace was a hero may say he was