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Old Mortality is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of his Tales of My Landlord (1816).
- Scott, Walter, Sir, Douglas S. Mack
- 353 (Edinburgh Edition, 1993)
- 1816
- 2 December 1816
Old Mortality, novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1816 and a masterpiece in the genre of historical romance. The story takes place in Scotland in 1679 during a time of political turmoil, when the dissenting Covenanters were up in arms against the English King Charles II.
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23 de out. de 2008 · Publisher. London, New York Thomas Nelson and Sons. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. Harvard University. Language. English. Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Old Mortality. Walter Scott, Angus Calder (Introduction) 3.77. 546 ratings65 reviews.
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19 de dez. de 2011 · Old Mortality is set in 1679 against the backdrop of the military campaign waged by John Graham of Claverhouse's government forces against a Covenanting army. The Covenanters had risen against Charles II in protest against the reintroduction of Episcopalian church government.
Overview. Old Mortality. Quick Reference. A novel by Sir W. Scott, published in 1816 in Tales of my Landlord, 1st series. ‘Old Mortality’ is the nickname of a certain Robert Paterson, who towards the end of the 18th cent. wandered about Scotland cleaning and repairing the tombs of the Cameronians.
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