Chronicles Of Canongate: The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, The Surgeon's Daug

Author: Sir Walter Scott

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  • : 9780140439892
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Character Books Ltd
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  • : 0.355
  • : 01 May 2003
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Sir Walter Scott
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Description

Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere.

Author description

Born and educated in Edinburgh, Walter Scott (1771-1832) is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel. Claire Lamont is Professor of English Romantic Literature at University of Newcastle and series editor for Walter Scott in Penguin Classics.