Waverley; Or 'Tis Sixty Years Sinceanboco, 25 ago 2016 - 500 páginas It is the time of the 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 Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the rebellion and its aftermath. |
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... CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II WAVERLEY-HONOUR—A RETROSPECT CHAPTER III EDUCATION CHAPTER IV CASTLE-BUILDING CHAPTER V CHOICE OF A PROFESSION CHAPTER VI THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY CHAPTER VII A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND CHAPTER VIII A ...
... CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II WAVERLEY-HONOUR—A RETROSPECT CHAPTER III EDUCATION CHAPTER IV CASTLE-BUILDING CHAPTER V CHOICE OF A PROFESSION CHAPTER VI THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY CHAPTER VII A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND CHAPTER VIII A ...
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... CHAPTER XI THE BANQUET CHAPTER XII REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION CHAPTER XIII A MORE RATIONAL DAY THAN THE LAST CHAPTER XIV A DISCOVERY—WAVERLEY BECOMES DOMESTICATED AT TULLY-VEOLAN CHAPTER XV A CREAGH, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER ...
... CHAPTER XI THE BANQUET CHAPTER XII REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION CHAPTER XIII A MORE RATIONAL DAY THAN THE LAST CHAPTER XIV A DISCOVERY—WAVERLEY BECOMES DOMESTICATED AT TULLY-VEOLAN CHAPTER XV A CREAGH, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER ...
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Walter Scott. [FOOTNOTE: CHAPTER XXV NEWS FROM ENGLAND SIR,— CHAPTER XXVI AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT CHAPTER XXVII UPON THE SAME SUBJECT CHAPTER XXVIII A LETTER FROM TULLY-VEOLAN ROSE COMYNE BRADWARDINE. CHAPTER XXIX WAVERLEY'S RECEPTION IN THE ...
Walter Scott. [FOOTNOTE: CHAPTER XXV NEWS FROM ENGLAND SIR,— CHAPTER XXVI AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT CHAPTER XXVII UPON THE SAME SUBJECT CHAPTER XXVIII A LETTER FROM TULLY-VEOLAN ROSE COMYNE BRADWARDINE. CHAPTER XXIX WAVERLEY'S RECEPTION IN THE ...
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... CHAPTER IV A HUNTING PARTY—AN ADVENTURE—A DELIVERANCE CHAPTER V INVESTIGATION OF THE ADVENTURE OF THE HUNTING—A DISCOVERY—GREGORY'S SAINT CLERE—CONCLUSION MANHOOD—PATE OF GASTON NO. III ANECDOTE OF SCHOOL DAYS UPON WHICH MR. THOMAS ...
... CHAPTER IV A HUNTING PARTY—AN ADVENTURE—A DELIVERANCE CHAPTER V INVESTIGATION OF THE ADVENTURE OF THE HUNTING—A DISCOVERY—GREGORY'S SAINT CLERE—CONCLUSION MANHOOD—PATE OF GASTON NO. III ANECDOTE OF SCHOOL DAYS UPON WHICH MR. THOMAS ...
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... NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE CHAPTER XXXIX THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED CHAPTER XL AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XLI THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP CHAPTER XLII A SOLDIER'S DINNER CHAPTER XLIII THE BALL CHAPTER XLIV THE MARCH CHAPTER XLV.
... NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE CHAPTER XXXIX THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED CHAPTER XL AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XLI THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP CHAPTER XLII A SOLDIER'S DINNER CHAPTER XLIII THE BALL CHAPTER XLIV THE MARCH CHAPTER XLV.
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