The Tale of Old Mortality

The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland.

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

The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Richard S. King, Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott
• Assisted by: Douglas S Mack (Editor), Douglas S. Mack (Editor), Douglas S Mack (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780748604432
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-0443-2
• No. of pages: 522
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels; Edinburgh Edition of the Waver; 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