num_pages: 480
description: Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere. In The Highland Widow and The Two Drovers, two young men find themselves torn between traditional Scottish loyalties and the opportunities offered by England. And The Surgeon's Daughter follows three young Scots to India during the first phase years of the British Empire.
language: English
title: Chronicles of the Canongate
titlecomplete: Chronicles of the Canongate
characters: Hamish MacTavish, Chrystal Croftangry, Robin Oig MacCombich, Elspat MacTavish, Harry Wakefield
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics, College, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 97
places: Highlands, Scotland, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, India
series: Chronicles of the Canongate
publisher: Penguin Classics