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The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Sir Walter Scott
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Paperback. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, this novel talks about different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. It is based on an anonymous letter received by the author in 1817. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony. Num Pages: 864 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 79. Weight in Grams: 616.
Jeanie Deans, a dairymaid, decides she must walk to London to gain an audience with the Queen. Her sister is to be executed for infanticide and, while refusing to lie to help her case, Jeanie is desperate for a reprieve. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, The Heart of Mid-Lothian dramatizes different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. Based on an anonymous letter Scot received in 1817, this is the seventh ... Read more
Jeanie Deans, a dairymaid, decides she must walk to London to gain an audience with the Queen. Her sister is to be executed for infanticide and, while refusing to lie to help her case, Jeanie is desperate for a reprieve. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, The Heart of Mid-Lothian dramatizes different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. Based on an anonymous letter Scot received in 1817, this is the seventh ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
633 g
Number of Pages
864
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140431292
SKU
V9780140431292
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Ref
99-2
About Sir Walter Scott
Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Inglis
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