Waverley |
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| Author:
| Scott, Walter
Sutherland, Kathryn |
| Editor:
| Lamont, Claire |
| Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-871659-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least.
Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least.