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Fortunes of Nigel (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Lord Nigel Olifaunts father loaned huge sums of money to King James I of England years before. Nigel now wants the money back, but the royal courtiers will stop at nothing to steal …
Manners, Customs, and History of the Highlanders of Scotland (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading."e;Everything belonging to the Highlands of Scotland has of late become peculiarly …
Redgauntlet (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Redgauntlet has been described as Scotts most autobiographical novel. It depicts the fictitious early beginnings of a third Jacobite Rebellion. The protagonist, Darsie Latimer is …
Count Robert of Paris (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
In eleventh-century Constantinople, the hero of Scotts next-to-last novel survives imperial political intrigue, a life-or-death struggle with a ruthless mercenary, the high demands …
Chronicles of the Canongate (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1827, Chronicles of the Canongate marks Sir Walter Scott's first foray into shorter fiction. This collection of three stories--"e;The Highland Widow,"e; …
Pirate (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Based on the life of notorious pirate John Gow, The Pirate takes place on the island of Shetland around the year 1700. The shipwrecked Captain Clevelands arrival sets off a bitter …
Kenilworth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Based on the alleged murder of Amy Robsart, first wife of the Earl of Leicester, Kenilworth turns on the events surrounding a secret marriage at Queen Elizabeths court, with tragic …
St. Ronan's Well (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
In his only novel set in his own time, Scotts St. Ronans Well depicts the trials and tribulations of a fictional seaside town. The plot centers on Valentine Bulmer and his …
Quentin Durward (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Quentin Durward has come to France to seek his fortune. While escorting the Countess Isabelle de Corye to the castle of the Bishop of Liege, Durward foils an attempt to have the …
Antiquary (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1816, and set during the wars with revolutionary France, this novelScott's personal favorite of all his worksfeatures a mysterious young man, Lovel, whose arrival at …
Betrothed (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The first of Sir Walter Scotts Tales of the Crusaders, this thrilling 1825 historical romance sweeps the reader to the years following 1187 and the reign of Henry II. Eveline, a …
Woodstock (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Woodstock is considered the darkest of Scotts novels, written during a period of great tumult in the authors life. Set during the English Civil War, the story imagines treachery, a …