page_title: A Legend of Montrose
section_title: Earl of Montrose
hierarchical_section_title: A Legend of Montrose / Plot summary / Earl of Montrose
caption_attribution_description: English: A Legend of Montrose illustration. From 1872 edition published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston
context_page_description: A Legend of Montrose is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the 1640s during the English Civil War. It forms, along with The Bride of Lammermoor, the 3rd series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1819.
context_section_description: The main plot concerns a love triangle between Allan M'Aulay, his friend the Earl of Menteith, and Annot Lyle. Annot is a young woman who has been brought up by the M'Aulays since being captured as a girl during a blood feud against the MacEagh clan (also known as the Children of the Mist). M'Aulay and Menteith are both members of Montrose's army. Annot eventually marries Menteith after it is discovered that she has aristocratic blood, and was kidnapped by the MacEaghs as a baby. This leads to the jealous M'Aulay stabbing Menteith and then fleeing Montrose's army. Menteith survives whilst M'Aulay disappears and is rumoured to have been killed by the MacEaghs.
caption: Illustration of Annot Lyle Singing in 1872 edition by H Wright Smith
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