Peveril of the Peak (Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels) - Hardcover

Walter Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748605789 ISBN 13: 9780748605781

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Going back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production. Set against the backdrop of the Popish Plot to overturn Charles II, Peveril of the Peak explores the on-going tensions between Cavalier and Puritan loyalties during the fraught years of Restoration England. Ranging from Derbyshire to the Isle of Man and culminating in London, it is a novel which interweaves political intrigue, personal responsibilities and the ways in which the forces of history are played ou

About this title

About the Author:

Alison Lumsden is Senior Lecturer, Department of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen

Review:

The standard of work is to be commended highly. It is also a testament to the perseverance of the editor herself in producing such an exemplary volume to a new readership. -- Anthony Mandal Studies in Hogg and His World Reviving... a seldom remembered novel, the editor invite[s] us to share [her] vision of an energetically creative Scott whose imaginative works can still surprise and affect us. -- Regina Hewitt Scottish Literary Review The standard of work is to be commended highly. It is also a testament to the perseverance of the editor herself in producing such an exemplary volume to a new readership. Reviving... a seldom remembered novel, the editor invite[s] us to share [her] vision of an energetically creative Scott whose imaginative works can still surprise and affect us.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0748605789
• ISBN 13: 9780748605781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Alison Lumsden