A Legend of the Wars of Montrose

"I think this fellow Dalgetty is one of those horse-leeches, whose appetite for blood being only sharpened by what he has sucked in foreign countries, he is now returned to batten upon that of his own". Such is one character's view of the Scottish mercenary of the seventeenth century. Yet there is in Dugald Dalgetty's professional ethic, his blundering Latin, his loving care of his horse, and his own self-absorption, more genuine humanity than in the political and religious principles of Royalists and Covenanters alike. And the picture which emerges is not of violence imported into Scotland from Germany but of a country destroyed by uncompromising religious hatred, political bigotry, tribal feud and personal enmity. A Legend of the Wars of Montrose centres on one episode in the most bloody of Scotland's civil wars, Montrose's campaign for King Charles I in 1644-45; it is a short and savage tale.

About the author

Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Summary

Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket.

Product details

• Authors: Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott
• Assisted by: J H Alexander (Editor), J. H. Alexander (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780748605729
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-0572-9
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 218 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels; Edinburgh Edition of the Waver; Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies