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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... PROFESSION CHAPTER VI THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY CHAPTER VII A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND CHAPTER VIII A SCOTTISH MANOR-HOUSE SIXTY YEARS SINCE CHAPTER IX MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS CHAPTER X ROSE Front Cover.
... PROFESSION CHAPTER VI THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY CHAPTER VII A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND CHAPTER VIII A SCOTTISH MANOR-HOUSE SIXTY YEARS SINCE CHAPTER IX MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS CHAPTER X ROSE Front Cover.
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... HORSE'S SHOE MAY BE A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE CHAPTER XXXI AN EXAMINATION CHAPTER XXXII A CONFERENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCE CHAPTER XXXIII A CONFIDANT CHAPTER XXXIV THINGS MEND A LITTLE CHAPTER XXXV A VOLUNTEER SIXTY YEARS SINCE APPENDICES ...
... HORSE'S SHOE MAY BE A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE CHAPTER XXXI AN EXAMINATION CHAPTER XXXII A CONFERENCE AND THE CONSEQUENCE CHAPTER XXXIII A CONFIDANT CHAPTER XXXIV THINGS MEND A LITTLE CHAPTER XXXV A VOLUNTEER SIXTY YEARS SINCE APPENDICES ...
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... horses, and with as much carving and gilding as would have done honour to my lord mayor's. It was waiting for the owner ... horse, which was kept in readiness for him, while the child and his attendant were sent home in the carriage to ...
... horses, and with as much carving and gilding as would have done honour to my lord mayor's. It was waiting for the owner ... horse, which was kept in readiness for him, while the child and his attendant were sent home in the carriage to ...
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... horse, and when that had died away, hearing in every breeze that shook the trees of the park, the noise of the ... horses, the cries and shouts of men, with straggling pistol-shots between, rolling forwards to the Hall. The lady starts ...
... horse, and when that had died away, hearing in every breeze that shook the trees of the park, the noise of the ... horses, the cries and shouts of men, with straggling pistol-shots between, rolling forwards to the Hall. The lady starts ...
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... horse. What could he do? There was no time to consult his brother's inclinations, even if he could have conceived there might be objections on his part to his nephew's following the glorious career of his predecessors. And, in short ...
... horse. What could he do? There was no time to consult his brother's inclinations, even if he could have conceived there might be objections on his part to his nephew's following the glorious career of his predecessors. And, in short ...
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