num_pages: 624
description: This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. At the cente of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian.
language: English
title: The Heart of Midlothian
titlecomplete: The Heart of Midlothian
characters: Jeanie Deans, Meg Murdockson, Robert Wilson, Madge Wildfire, Effie Deans, Davie Deans, John Porteous
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 1332
places: Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
series: Tales of My Landlord
publisher: Oxford University Press