Waverley

Goodreads
Waverley

Login or register to review or add this item to your collection.

ISBN: 9780140621488
author: Walter Scott
book format: Paperback
publishing house: Penguin Popular Classics
publication date: 1995 -2
language: English
number of pages: 491

/ 10

1 ratings

No enough ratings
Borrow or Buy

Walter Scott   

overview

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. He journeys North from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England (alleged in an English Heritage notice to refer to Waverley Abbey in Surrey) first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath.

comments
reviews
notes