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Castle Dangerous
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for Castle Dangerous
Hardback. Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Editor(s): Alexander, J. H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an English knight for a love wager commits himself to defend Douglas Castle against Scottish attempts to retake it. The ballad-like story embraces intriguing elements including national rivalry, and the idealisation and betrayal of love. The Douglas area, seen as an almost surrealist landscape of ravines, trenches, and tombs, and in abysmal weather, forms an appropriate setting for an impressively bleak narrative.
Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an English knight for a love wager commits himself to defend Douglas Castle against Scottish attempts to retake it. The ballad-like story embraces intriguing elements including national rivalry, and the idealisation and betrayal of love. The Douglas area, seen as an almost surrealist landscape of ravines, trenches, and tombs, and in abysmal weather, forms an appropriate setting for an impressively bleak narrative.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748605880
SKU
V9780748605880
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About Sir Walter Scott
J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.
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