Redgauntlet

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Walter Scott Kathryn Sutherland (Professorial Fellow in English, St Anne's College, Oxford)

Redgauntlet

Walter Scott, Kathryn Sutherland (Professorial Fellow in English, St Anne's College, Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
10 March 2011

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Regional & national history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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'Far and wide was [Redgauntlet] hated and feared.

Men thought he had a direct compact with Satan - that he was proof against steel -.'

Set in the summer of 1765, Redgauntlet centres around a third, fictitious, Jacobite rebellion.

Kidnapped by Edward Hugh Redgauntlet, a fanatical supporter of the Stewart cause, the young Darsie Latimer finds himself caught up in the plot to enthrone the exiled Prince Charles Edward Stewart.

The novel follows Darsie's adventures and those of the advocate Alan Fairford, who sets out to rescue him.

These two young men from very different backgrounds are united by friendship and their optimistic belief in the settled Hanoverian establishment.

First published in 1824, this is the last of Scott's major Scottish novels, and perhaps his most complex statement about the relation between history and fiction.

This edition uses the Magnum text of 1832.

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By: Walter Scott
Edited by: Kathryn Sutherland (Professorial Fellow in English St Anne's College Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9780199599578
ISBN 10: 0199599572
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 10 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active