This eBook edition of «Rob Roy» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant, tells the story of his adventures as a young man at the beginning of the 18th century, wherein he falls in love with a beautiful young woman, rides to Scotland to save his estranged father's reputation and business, and becomes involved with the remarkable Highlander, Rob Roy MacGregor, as a Jacobite rebellion...
This eBook edition of «Waverly» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. It is the time of the Scottish Jacobite uprising of 1745 which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart, known as «Bonnie Prince Charlie». A young English dreamer and soldier, Edward Waverley, is sent to Scotland that year. He journeys north from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England, first to the...
The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based on the life of pirate John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland. The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), around 1700. The arrival of the shipwrecked captain, Cleveland, spoils young Mordaunt's relationship with the Troil girls, and soon a bitter rivalry grows between the two men. Minna falls in love with Cleveland, not knowing his true profession. Brenda, however, is in love with Mordaunt....
This eBook edition of «The Fortunes of Nigel» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. A young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt, Lord Glenvarloch, travels to London in order to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to use the money to pay off a mortgage on his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have their eyes on it. The lord is drawn into the chaotic life of the court, and when he becomes...
This eBook edition of «Guy Mannering» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy Mannering is set in the Galloway area of southwest Scotland. It tells the story of Henry «Harry» Bertram, the son of the Laird of Ellangowan, who is kidnapped at the age of five by smugglers after witnessing the murder of a customs officer. It follows the fortunes and adventures of Harry and his family in subsequent years and the struggle over the...
This eBook edition of «Kenilworth» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Kenilworth is set in 1575, and centers on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. The tragic series of events begins when Amy flees her father and her betrothed, Tressilian, to marry the Earl. Amy passionately loves her husband, and the Earl loves her in return, but he is driven by ambition. He is...
The Monastery: A Romance is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Elizabethan period. The action is centered on the Monastery of Kennaquhair, probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east Scotland, on the River Tweed. At this time, circa 1550, the Scottish Reformation is just beginning, and the monastery is in peril. A love story is interwoven as the Glendinning boys fall in love with Mary Avenel. Edward ends up becoming a...
This eBook edition of «Old Mortality» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Old Mortality was a Scottish stonemason of the 18th century, who late in life decided to travel around Scotland re-engraving the tombs of 17th century Covenanter martyrs. The narrator describes meeting Old Mortality, hearing his anecdotes, and finding out other stories of the events to present an unbiased picture, such as a weapon show held in 1679 by Lady...
