The Heart of Mid-Lothian - Couverture souple

Scott, Sir Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460870904 ISBN 13 : 9780460870900

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1991

Synopsis

Book by Scott Sir Walter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This novel, regarded as one of Scott’s finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard; when his life is saved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. Closely connected with these events is the story of the novel’s heroine, Jeanie Deans, a peasant girl of remarkable religious faith. Like the people of Edinburgh she refuses to accept a legal decision, in this case against her sister Effie, condemned under a harsh law of child-murder. The novel follows Jeanie’s prodigious determination to save her sister’s life. At the centre of both narratives is Edinburgh’s forbidding prison, the Tolbooth, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Inglis

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0460870904
• ISBN 13: 9780460870900
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible