BOOKS by Sir Walter Walter Scott

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1	Ivanhoe more books like this by Sir Walter Scott More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, heralds the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rob Roy more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Talisman more books like this by Sir Walter Scott At last, this is a complete, critically edited edition of the "Waverley Novels" as Scott originally wrote them!The second of "Tales of the Crusaders", "The Talisman" is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189-92). Scott constructs a story of chivalric action, apparently adopting a medieval romance view of the similarities in the values of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The antiquary more books like this by Sir Walter Scott 'It was early in a fine summer's day, near the end of the eighteenth century, when a young man, of genteel appearance, having occasion to go towards the north-east of Scotland, provided himself with a ticket in one of those public carriages which travel between Edinburgh and the Queensferry...' So begins Scott's personal favourite among his novels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.44! \| SVS
5	Heart of Midlothian more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Jeanie Deans, a dairymaid, decides she must walk to London to gain an audience with the Queen. Her sister is to be executed for infanticide and, while refusing to lie to help her case, Jeanie is desperate for a reprieve. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, "The Heart of Mid-Lothian" dramatizes different kinds of justice - ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Kenilworth more books like this by Sir Walter Sir Scott In the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is favoured above all the noblemen of England. It is rumoured that the Queen may chose him for her husband, but Leicester has secretly married the beautiful Amy Robsart. Fearing ruin if this were known, he keeps his lovely young wife a virtual prisoner in an old country house. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Waverley more books like this by Sir Walter Scott This is a complete, critically edited edition of the "Waverley Novels" as Scott originally wrote them.Edward Waverley is a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. In his journey into Scotland, down to Derby, and back up again he explores the cultural and political geography of Great Britain. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| SVS
8	Old Mortality more books like this by Sir Walter Scott "Old Mortality" (1816), which many consider the finest of Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley" novels, is a historical romance that places an anachronistically liberal hero against the forces of fanaticism in 17th century Scotland, in the period infamous as the "killing time". Its central character, Harry Morton, joins the rebels in order to fight ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Bride of Lammermoor more books like this by Sir Walter Scott The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are frustrated by the complexities of the legal and political situations following the 1707 Act of Union, and by his passion for his enemy's beautiful daughter Lucy. First published in 1819, this intricate and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
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11	Waverley or 'Tis Sixty Years Since more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Set during the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, this novel springs from Scott's childhood recollections and his desire to preserve in writing the features of life in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland. Waverley was first published anonymously in 1814 and was Scott's first novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Rob Roy more books like this by Sir Walter Walter Scott Scott's novel celebrates the "primitive" Highlander of the 1760s. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Count Robert of Paris more books like this by Sir Walter Scott This is Scott's last novel, newly edited. "Count Robert of Paris", condemned by Scott's printer as 'altogether a failure', was later prepared for publication by his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, and his publisher Robert Cadell. What appeared was a bowdlerised, tamed and tidied version of what Scott had written and dictated. This edition, the first ... see all copies from $3.69! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Quentin Durward more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Quentin Durward (1823) was Scott's first `European' novel, and an experiment in transferring the historical romance to foreign soil. Fifteenth-century France, the French Revolution of 1789, and contemporary Britain come together in this sharp-eyed novel of political expediency and intrigue. The young Scottish adventurer Quentin Durward embarks ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Redgauntlet more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Set in the mid-eighteenth century in the fictitious third Jacobite rebellion, Redgauntlet (1824) tells of Darsie Latimer, a student of law who becomes embroiled in a plot to put Prince Charles Edward (aka, Bonnie Prince Charlie) on the British throne. The events in Redgauntlet never actually took place, but they are probable, and form the ... see all copies from $3.27! new only from $19.70! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Letters on demonology and witchcraft more books like this by Sir Walter Scott The notion that witchcraft faded away with the onset of the scientific revolution is entirely mistaken. This text stands in the grand tradition of writing and witchcraft and suggests that magic was alive and well in 19th-century Scotland, as contemporary newspaper reports confirm. Carefully researched, alive with stories drawn from Sir Walter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.38! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	St. Ronan's Well more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $12.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Guy Mannering more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position. But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and Guy must learn the limits of the nabob's authority in a society in which each social group - from gypsies and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Antiquary more books like this by Sir Walter Walter Scott In "The Antiquary" (1816), written by Sir Walter Scott, the character of the title, a collector of antiques, is not the hero, instead he provides the narration and commentaries on the story of a man known as Major Neville, who seeks knowledge of his birth and the love of Isabella Wardour. Like all of Scott's historical fiction, this novel is an ... see all copies from $5.07! new only from $21.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ivanhoe : a romance more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Scott's most revered novel, written in 1791, is a love story set in the Middle Ages. The hero is a Saxon knight, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, whose personal chivalric code comes into conflict with the corruption of his arch-rival, the Knight Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Ivanhoe is also torn between the woman to whom he is betrothed, Rowena, and a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Talisman more books like this by Sir Walter Scott see all copies from $6.88! new only from $19.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Monastery more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, this book is a blend of local history, supernatural events, theological conflict, and humour. Located in the lawless Scottish borders, the novel depicts a monastery on the verge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to the sense of a new social order. A talking ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Marmion a tale of Flodden Field more books like this by Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $13.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Old Mortality more books like this by Sir Walter Walter Scott Set at the end of the 18th century, the story is told by a man who tends the graves of the old Scottish Covenanters. As he tells their stories, a picture of Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion is created, particularly in the tale of the novel's hero, Henry Morton, a Covenanter in love with a woman from a family of royalist sympathizers, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Fortunes of Nigel more books like this by Sir Walter Scott A complete, critically edited edition of the Waverley Novels as Scott originally wrote them. The first of Scott's "Waverley" novels burst upon an astonished world in 1814. Its publication marked the emergence of the modern novel in the western world, influencing all the great 19th-century writers. This edition of Sir Walter Scott's novels captures ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $21.28! \| first editions \| SVS

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