Sir Walter Scott: 251 books

In his only novel set in his own time, Scott’s St. Ronan’s Well depicts the trials and tribulations of a fictional seaside town. The plot centers on Valentine Bulmer and his half-brother Francis Tyrrel and their fight over Miss Clara Mowbray, the sister of the village laird.

Published in 1816, and set during the wars with revolutionary France, this novel—Scott's personal favorite of all his works—features a mysterious young man, Lovel, whose arrival at the Scottish seaside town of Fairport exposes long-buried secrets and crimes involving the guilt-ridden Earl of Glenallan and a beautiful young woman, Isabella Wardour.

In this fictional tale set after the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, Scott examines King Edward IV’s defeat of the Lancastrian party. The Earl of Oxford and his son embark on a secret mission to convert Charles the Bold to the Lancastrian cause. Joined by Swiss Countess Anne, a magician of sorts, they dodge certain death and face a revolution along the way.

Fin du XIVe siecle, sous le regne de Robert III. Le fils du roi, le duc de Rothesay, tente d'enlever Catherine Glover, la «jolie fille de Perth», fille d'un honnete bourgeois de Perth. L'intervention d'Heny Smith, ou Gow, un armurier tres habile a l'épée, l'en empeche. Il blesse ainsi a la main...

'The Surgeon's Daughter' is set in the mid- to late 1770s between the First and Second Mysore Wars. It is the story of Menie Gray, daughter of Dr Gideon Gray (who is thought to have been modelled on Scott's own doctor, Ebenezer Clarkson of Selkirk). Menie falls in love with Richard Middlemas, an illegitimate...

Roman d'aventures chevaleresques, ce roman de W.Scott traduit par Alexandre Dumas est une perle. Tous les éléments sont là : le héros, le second héros, le troisième héros, la légende, l'amour déçu et l'amour triomphant, l'Histoire en filigramme, l'antisémitisme latent, les traîtres et...

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Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the greatest works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally grand storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: British: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth...

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The plot centres on the medieval rivalry between Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Louis incites the citizens of Liège to revolt against Charles, and, under the command of Louis's ally, William de la Marck, they seize and murder Charles's brother-in-law, Louis de Bourbon,...

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