Sergeant Mackenzie - Wallace, Seoras

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Résumé :
Sergeant Mackenzie, the soundtrack made famous in Randall Wallace and Mel Gibson&rsquo...

Biographie:
Seoras began his film life as a stuntman in the 1986 film Highlander. Going forward, he has made a successful career in the film industry that includes national and international recognition for his contribution to the genre in Scotland. Having worked closely with such industry icons as Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Stephen Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Angus McFadyen and many other successful Writer/Directors. This experience of over thirty years, growing from a stuntman to much sought after fight scene/stunts director and Historical advisor has also gained Seoras a reputation as a credible and successful member of any period production team and securing many Feature Film and Television productions to be shot in Scotland.The first novel written by Seoras, 'Sergeant Mackenzie' has been a great success. The narrative is the backstory to a tune co/written and produced by Seoras Wallace and Joe Kilna, featured as the central soundtrack in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning Film, Once We Were Soldiers. The narrative is based on actual characters and real events, 'Sergeant MacKenzie' tells the story of a group of soldiers who, in order to save many others, paid the ultimate price during the War to end all wars... World War One.See Youtube:Seoras Wallace/Sergeant MacKenzieThe family legend of William Wallace was prominent in Seoras' life from a young age, then, as an acting Clan Chief of the Clan Wallace in Scotland for over twenty years, much more previously unearthed facts became available as the age of information accelerated. Anyone who has ever heard the family account and realising it was so different from the limited academic and Google version, are astonished. Everyone said that Seoras should write the story down some day... well that day is here, an epic tale told in nine intimate narratives, follows the story of William Wallace from the family perspective, from his life as a Youngblood, Outlaw, Brigand Chief, Warlord, Guardian, Corsair, through all the stages of his adult life till finally as a Patriot, Martyr and world Icon. The epic series Wallace, the legend of Braveheart, is now available...

Sommaire:
s award winning film We Were Soldiers has become iconic and much revered by veterans and their families the world over. This narrative is a fictionalised account of the real characters and events that inspired the Highland Lament. The Great War saw many ordinary men and women do extraordinary things. This book features the great feats of valour and heroism performed by a group of just such men and women. It is the story of Sergeant Charles Stuart MacKenzie of the Seaforth Highlanders, Floyd Gibbons an American war correspondent, Marthe Cnockaert a Belgian nurse who had a daring dual life and Martin K?hler a young German soldier who offered a moment of kindness to an enemy in the midst of carnage and madness. The actions of these people and many more will move you, inspire you and help you to remember all that they and millions more sacrificed for our freedom. This is a book about the people caught up in a conflict they didn't understand but who held on to their humanity in the darkest of times....