Waverley - Couverture souple

Scott, Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551118955 ISBN 13 : 9781551118956

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott’s first venture into prose fiction, it is often regarded as the first historical novel in the western tradition. It became so popular that Scott’s later novels were advertised as being ”by the author of Waverley”. His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the ”Waverley Novels”. 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.

Quatrième de couverture :

'Walter Scott invented the historical novel...only Shakespeare can equal him as a creator of characters' Daily Mail

King George is on the throne, but there are those in Scotland who swear loyalty to the Stuart heir, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and are prepared to stake his claim in conflict and bloodshed. Young Edward Waverley is caught in the middle: son of a Hanoverian yet nephew and heir to a Jacobite, a captain in the King's army yet drawn to the brave Highlanders and their romantic history. Edward must choose where his loyalties lie, even as his heart is torn between gentle Rose Brawardine, and the passionate, principled Flora Mac-Ivor.

See also: Ivanhoe

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1551118955
• ISBN 13: 9781551118956
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 538