Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since by Walter Scott
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"Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1814. A young English gentleman receives a commission in a Scottish regiment on the eve of the Jacobite rising of 1745. During leave, he discovers his host supports the exiled Jacobite prince, forcing him to choose between loyalty to the Crown and admiration for the rebels' romantic cause. His honorable conduct earns him allies on both sides
as the uprising unfolds toward its inevitable conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 |
| Title | Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since |
| Note | HTML file |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverley_(novel) |
| Credits | Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5998 |
| Release Date | Aug 19, 2004 |
| Last Update | Apr 4, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2779 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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