Sir Walter Scott in general

Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott

Jean Plaidy and Georgette Heyer you know, they aren’t all full of brooding Regency cads with twisting sardonic lips! Why not try one of the originals? Walter Scott’s ‘Rob Roy’ is set in a turbulent time in British history. It is the early eighteenth century and the north of England is in turmoil. Will there be a Catholic uprising in favour of the Catholic James? Is the crown secure? In truth in 1715 there WAS an abortive rebellion by the Catholic Jacobites. Francis Osbaldistone is sent in disgrace to cool his youthful heels at his family’s country estates in Northumberland. He finds trouble in two ways – he is staunchly ...

Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott

Jean Plaidy and Georgette Heyer you know, they aren’t all full of brooding Regency cads with twisting sardonic lips! Why not try one of the originals? Walter Scott’s ‘Rob Roy’ is set in a turbulent time in British history. It is the early eighteenth century and the north of England is in turmoil. Will there be a Catholic uprising in favour of the Catholic James? Is the crown secure? In truth in 1715 there WAS an abortive rebellion by the Catholic Jacobites. Francis Osbaldistone is sent in disgrace to cool his youthful heels at his family’s country estates in Northumberland. He finds trouble in two ways – he is staunchly ...

Waverley - Sir Walter Scott

When Sir Walter Scott finally took credit as author of Waverley (it was initially published some years before by anonymous , though most critics recognised Scott s style) he claimed he had created a hero that only he could like . I hate to disagree with such a highly respected member of the literati, but I must say that I am one of Edward Waverley s greatest fans! Having recently studied this novel as part of my Scottish Literature university course, I found myself introduced to a fantastically written novel that blends the historic with the fictional and romance with realism. An overview of the plot is, of course, essential. Waverley was the first historically ...

Waverley - Sir Walter Scott

When Sir Walter Scott finally took credit as author of Waverley (it was initially published some years before by anonymous , though most critics recognised Scott s style) he claimed he had created a hero that only he could like . I hate to disagree with such a highly respected member of the literati, but I must say that I am one of Edward Waverley s greatest fans! Having recently studied this novel as part of my Scottish Literature university course, I found myself introduced to a fantastically written novel that blends the historic with the fictional and romance with realism. An overview of the plot is, of course, essential. Waverley was the first historically ...

Waverley - Sir Walter Scott

Waverley is a novel about a young, well-bred Englishman, Edward Waverley, from a family of mixed Hanoverian vs. Jacobite (non-Juror) sympathies who finds himself unwittingly caught up in the '45 Jacobite rebellion. He fights at the Battle of Prestonpans and travels with the Highland army and Bonny Prince Charlie ("The Chevalier") right down to Derby and is separated from the Jacobite Army during their retreat through the Lake District. The rest, as they say, is history. Don't be put off by the fact that Waverley starts off somewhat slowly! It was, after all, Scott's first novel and in his second wind of inspiration he really lifts this book off the ground. ...

Waverley - Sir Walter Scott

Waverley is a novel about a young, well-bred Englishman, Edward Waverley, from a family of mixed Hanoverian vs. Jacobite (non-Juror) sympathies who finds himself unwittingly caught up in the '45 Jacobite rebellion. He fights at the Battle of Prestonpans and travels with the Highland army and Bonny Prince Charlie ("The Chevalier") right down to Derby and is separated from the Jacobite Army during their retreat through the Lake District. The rest, as they say, is history. Don't be put off by the fact that Waverley starts off somewhat slowly! It was, after all, Scott's first novel and in his second wind of inspiration he really lifts this book off the ground. ...