num_pages: 370
description: Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humor. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts the monastery of Kennaquhair (a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott's own home at Abbotsford) on the verge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order.
language: English
title: The Monastery
titlecomplete: The Monastery
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Gothic, British Literature, Scotland, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 466
places: Kennaquhair, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Scotland, The Borders, Scotland, Roxburghshire, Scotland
publisher: Hard Press