num_pages: 496
description: Drawn from Scott's original text, the first authoritative edition of his classic historical romance.Set in 1679 during the Scottish populist rebellion known as the Covenanter uprising, The Tale of Old Mortality is one of the outstanding historical fictions of the nineteenth century. Henry Morton of Milnewood is compelled to take up arms against the royalists, who are led by Claverhouse, a true villain in Scottish history who is, nonetheless, one of Scott's most complex characters. A moderate Covenanter, Morton--whose loyalties are divided by his love for Edith, the beautiful granddaughter of Lady Margaret Bellenden--is one of the "people's heroes" who challenge King Charles II and change the course of Scottish history. Old Mortality is Scott's undisputed masterpiece and distills the humor, grit, and romance of the west of Scotland, past and present.Edited with an Introduction by Douglas S. MackThis Penguin Classics edition is based on the acclaimed Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
language: English
title: The Tale of Old Mortality
titlecomplete: The Tale of Old Mortality (Penguin Classics)
characters: William Cleland, Robert Paterson, John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Lady Emily Hamilton, Ephraim Macbriar, Lord Evandale, Basil Olifant, John Graham of Claverhouse, William III of England and II of Scotland, Peter Pattieson, Neil Blane, Gabriel Kettledrummle, Lady Margaret Bellenden, Edith Bellenden, Tam Dalyell of the Binns, James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Martha Buskbody, John Balfour of Burley, Mause Headrigg, Silas Morton, Henry Morton, Cuddie Headrigg, Elizabeth Maclure, Habakkuk Mucklewrath, Goose-Gibbie, Alison Wilson, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Jedediah Cleishbotham, Jenny Dennison, Major Miles Bellenden of Charnwood
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Scotland, Adventure, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 527
places: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Tillietudlem, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Drumclog, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
series: Tales of My Landlord
publisher: Penguin Classics