Download or read book The Fair maid of Perth Or Saint Valentine s Day written by Walter Scott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth or St Valentine s Day Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or St Valentine s Day written by Walter Scott, Sir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth and other parts of Scotland around 1400. The book had been intended to include two other stories in the same volume, "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" and "Death of the Laird's Jock," which was to have been titled St. Valentine's Eve.
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or Saint Valentine s Day Classic Reprint written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fair Maid of Perth, or Saint Valentine's Day In continuing the lucubrations of Chrystal Ciostangry, it occurred that, although the press had of late years teemed with works of various descriptions concerning the Scottish Gael, no attempt had hitherto been made to sketch their manners, as these might be supposed to have existed at the period when the Statute-book, as well as the page of the chronicler, begins to present constant evidence of the difficulties to which the crown was exposed, while the haughty house of Douglas all but overbalanced its authority on the Southern border, and the North was at the same time torn in pieces by the yet untamed savageness of the Highland races, and the daring lostiness to which some of the remoter chieftains still carried their pretensions. The well-authenticated fact of two powerful clans having deputed each thirty champions to fight out a quarrel of old standing, in presence of King Robert III., bis brother the Duke of Albany, and the whole court of Scotland, at Perth, in the year of grace 1396, seemed to mark with equal distinctness the rancour of these mountain-feuds, and the degraded condition of the general government of the country; and it was fixed upon accordingly as the point on which the main incidents of a romantic narrative might be made to hinge. The characters of Robert III., his ambitious brother, and his dissolute son, seemed to offer some opportunities of interesting contrast; - and the tragic fate of the heir of the throne, with its immediate consequences, might serve to complete the picture of cruelty and lawlessness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth written by Walter Scott and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the reign of King Robert III of Scotland, ‘The Fair Maid of Perth’ is a historical romance novel by the internationally renowned Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott. Catherine Glover is the beautiful ‘fair maid’ of the title; sweet and enchanting, she has captured the hearts of many men, including a local blacksmith, a prince, a clansman, and a bonnet-maker. Torn between these men, and between love and honour, and set against the lawless backdrop of 14th century Scotland, ‘The Fair Maid of Perth’ is an epic tale from the much-loved author. Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) was a Scottish writer, poet, and historian. Born in Edinburgh, Scott suffered from childhood polio and was sent to live with his grandparents in the Scottish Borders to recover, where he first learnt to read. Fascinated by traditional storytelling, during the 1790s Scott dedicated himself to researching and collecting ballads, and published the epic collection ‘Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’ in 1802. A prominent poet, Scott also wrote and published a range of poems, including the popular ‘The Lady of the Lake.’ His career as a novelist took off slowly – initially written in 1805, his first historical novel ‘Waverley’ wasn’t published til 1814, whereupon it was an immediate success, and his best-known work ‘Ivanhoe’ followed in 1820. The banking crisis of 1825 led to his bankruptcy, but he refused help and continued to write to work his way out his financially perilous situation. Now in ill health, Scott travelled abroad to get better, but had a stroke on the journey home and died in 1832 at the age of 61. He was commemorated after his death with monuments in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as New York. His literary works influenced and inspired many of his contemporaries and those who came after and are mentioned in titles as varied as ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf, Anne Bronte’s ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’, and ‘The Bostonians’ by Henry James. Internationally renowned, Scott’s literary legacy continues to be felt all over the world.
Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or St Valentine s Day written by Walter Scott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth - known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town ) and other parts of Scotland around 1400. The book had been intended to include two other stories in the same volume, "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" and "Death of the Laird's Jock," which was to have been titled St. Valentine's Eve.
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or St Valentine s Day In Two Volumes written by Walter Scott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or St Valentine s Day In Two Volumes written by Walter Scott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth written by Walter Scott, Sir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fair maid of the title is Catharine Glover, daughter of a glovemaker in Perth, who kisses Henry Gow/Smith, the armourer, while he is sleeping, on Valentine's Day. But Catharine has caught the eye of the Duke of Rothesay, and when Gow interrupts an attempted abduction, the armourer is drawn simultaneously into royal intrigue and highland feud.
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Download or read book The Fair Maid of Perth Or St Valentines Day written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Sir Walter Scott's 1828 novel, "The Fair Maid of Perth." Inspired by the uncanny story of the Battle of the North Inch, it tells the tale of Catherine Glover, a glove maker's daughter who kisses an armourer called Henry Smith on Valentine's day during his sleep. However, a duke has his sights set on Catherine and an abduction attempt ensues. Complete with royal intrigue and feuding clans, "The Fair Maid of Perth" will not disappoint fans of Scott's fantastic work and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a seminal Scottish playwright, poet, and historical novelist whose novels were and remain to be widely read and enjoyed the world over. Other notables works by this author include: "Ivanhoe," "Rob Roy," "Old Mortality," "The Lady of the Lake," "Waverley," "The Heart of Midlothian," and "The Bride of Lammermoor." Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
