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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... A 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.
... A 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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... Scotland, and to visit in person all the scenes of the novels and poems, would enable the reader fully to understand these backgrounds and thereby add materially to his appreciation of the author. Before beginning the preparation of ...
... Scotland, and to visit in person all the scenes of the novels and poems, would enable the reader fully to understand these backgrounds and thereby add materially to his appreciation of the author. Before beginning the preparation of ...
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... Scotland, and consequently had not entered upon the part of the story which was finally found most interesting. Be that as it may, this portion of the manuscript was laid aside in the drawers of an old writing-desk, which, on my first ...
... Scotland, and consequently had not entered upon the part of the story which was finally found most interesting. Be that as it may, this portion of the manuscript was laid aside in the drawers of an old writing-desk, which, on my first ...
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... Scotland, both Highland and Lowland, having been familiar with the elder as well as more modern race, and having had from my infancy free and unrestrained communication with all ranks of my countrymen, from the Scottish peer to the ...
... Scotland, both Highland and Lowland, having been familiar with the elder as well as more modern race, and having had from my infancy free and unrestrained communication with all ranks of my countrymen, from the Scottish peer to the ...
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... Scotland was menaced by three trifling sloops or brigs, scarce fit to have sacked a fishing village, he was the only man who seemed to propose a plan of resistance. He offered to the magistrates, if broadswords and dirks could be ...
... Scotland was menaced by three trifling sloops or brigs, scarce fit to have sacked a fishing village, he was the only man who seemed to propose a plan of resistance. He offered to the magistrates, if broadswords and dirks could be ...
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