Charles Edward, the Pretender, is trying to gain the British throne.
Through a set of circumstances, he learns of the young Pretender's
cause.
Following the publication of Waverley in 1814, Scott wrote during a
five-year period a further eight novels set in seventeenth- or eighteenth-
century Scotland. It is through these works that Scott can be said to have
invented Scotland.
In terms of his effect on the reputation of his native Scotland, Kelly said
Scott "invented a great simulacrum
of Scotland; he invented the image
of the country". Eighteenth-century accounts of the Highlands
characterised them as "treacherous, poor, a hotbed of villains, and
barren"
historical novel, a novel that has as its setting a period of history and that
attempts to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions
of a past
age with realistic detail and fidelity (which is in some cases only
apparent fidelity) to historical fact
Like most other novels of its day, 'Waverley'
was originally published in
a modest set of three volumes and with no illustrations. One of the sets
displayed here is in a binding known as 'publisher's boards', just as the
volumes would have been originally sold. The novel was published on 7
July 1814.
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The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King
and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825
novel of the same name, although there is one oblique reference to "a Sir
Walter Scott novel." The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus
and World Fantasy Awards in 1985.[1] King and Straub followed up
with a sequel, Black House (2001), that picks up with a now-adult Jack
as a retired Los Angeles homicide detective trying to solve a series of
murders in the small town of French Landing, Wisconsin.
He has written numerous horror and supernatural fiction novels,
including Julia and Ghost Story, as well as The Talisman, which he co-
wrote with Stephen King After Wolf is put in "The Box" as punishment,
he transforms and rampages
through the Sunlight Home, killing several
boys before being shot by Sonny Singer, who was aiming for Jack. He
then dies in Jack's arms.
The Talisman is the 19th book published by Stephen King, co-written by
Peter Straub; it was his 16th novel, and the twelfth novel under his own
name. The book was released by Viking on 8 November 1984. It is one
of few novels not to be set in Maine or New England; it is set in
Wisconsin, Peter Straub's trademark.
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