Bibliograph

Old mortality, Sir Walter Scott

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Label

Old mortality, Sir Walter Scott

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Old mortality

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Sir Walter Scott

Summary

Published in 1816 and set in seventeenth-century Scotland, this historical novel is part of the series Tales of My Landlord. Henry Morton joins the rebellious Covenanters, fighting for the reestablishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland during the reign of the Stuarts. Morton's loyalties are torn, however, as he is in love with Edith Bellenden, whose family opposes the rebels

Target audience

adult

Classification