Set at the end of the 14th century, the background is the intrigue and feuding that plagued the court of Robert III. Catharine Glover, the daughter of a respectable citizen of Perth, is the object of desire not only of the profligate Duke of Rothsay, but also of the young armourer Henry Gow.

Set at the end of the 18th century, this novel observes a small rural community on the east coast of Scotland, whose inhabitants are living under the threat of an imminent French invasion. The antiquary of the title is in many respects a caricature of Scott himself.

Sir Walter Scott's "Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" were his contribution to a series of books, published by John Murray, which appeared between the years 1829 and 1847, and formed a collection of eighty volumes known as "Murray's Family Library." The series was planned to secure a wide diffusion of good literature in cheap five shilling volumes, and Scott's "Letters," written and published in 1830, formed one of the earlier books in the collection.The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge had been founded in the autumn of 1826, and Charles Knight, who had then conceived a plan...

"Old Mortality" is a historical novel written by Sir Walter Scott and the plot revolves around Scotland during a time of political and religious strife. The narrative revolves around two central characters: Henry Morton, a young Royalist sympathetic to the Presbyterian cause, and John Balfour, known as "Old Mortality," a devoted Covenanter. In Volume 1 of the novel, Scott paints a vivid picture of the societal divisions and conflicts that plagued Scotland during this period. He explores the clash between the Royalists and the Covenanters, who fought for their religious and political beliefs....

Old Mortality, Volume 2 is the second volume of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel set during the Scottish Covenanter Wars of the 1670s. The novel tells the story of Henry Morton, a young man who is torn between his loyalty to the king and his sympathy for the Covenanters. In Volume 2, Morton is forced to flee for his life after being accused of treason. He travels to the Highlands, where he meets a group of Covenanters who are led by a charismatic preacher named Burley. Morton eventually returns to the Lowlands, where he joins forces with the Covenanters in their fight against the king's...