WAVERLEY NOVELS, VOLUME IV; ROB ROY, THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, THE MONASTERY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

Published by COLLIER, NEW YORK, 1880

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NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, SOME FADING FRONT AND SPINE. CIRCA 1880, NO DATE LISTED. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. It is probably set in 1715, the year of the first Jacobite uprising, and the social and economic background to that event are an important element in the novel, though it is not treated directly. The depiction of Rob Roy bears little relation to the historical figure: 'there are two Rob Roys. A Legend of Montrose is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the 1640s during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It forms, along with The Bride of Lammermoor, the 3rd series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1819. The Monastery: a Romance (1820) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set in the Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve of the Reformation, it is centred on Melrose Abbey. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

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• Title: WAVERLEY NOVELS, VOLUME IV; ROB ROY, THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, THE MONASTERY
• Publisher: COLLIER, NEW YORK
• Publication Date: 1880
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: ILLUSTRATED
• Condition: Good
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