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Castle Dangerous
by
Walter Scott
From Scott's introduction: "The incidents on which the ensuing Novel mainly turns, are derived from the ancient Metrical Chronicle of 'The Brace, ' by Archdeacon Barbour, and from the 'History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, ' by David Hume of Godscroft; and are sustained by the immemorial tradition of the western parts of Scotland. They are so much in consonance ...more
Hardcover, 264 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by Aegypan
(first published 1832)
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Even though based on an event in Scottish history, this was actually readable since the dialect was kept to a minimum...and oh, yeah, there was a plot in there, too.
I was pretty disappointed with this book. It was interesting, but I didn't like how things resolved in the end, and I thought the characters lacked somewhat in personality.
I was pretty surprised because usually I like books by Walter Scott a lot more. However, it made more sense to me when I found out that Scott didn't finish it until after he had suffered a couple of strokes and that his mental capacity wasn't at all what it had been before, which I wish I had known before I started...more
I was pretty surprised because usually I like books by Walter Scott a lot more. However, it made more sense to me when I found out that Scott didn't finish it until after he had suffered a couple of strokes and that his mental capacity wasn't at all what it had been before, which I wish I had known before I started...more
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Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott created and popularized historical novels in a series called the Waverley Novels. In his novels Scott arranged the plots and characters so the reader enters into the lives of both great ...more
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Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott created and popularized historical novels in a series called the Waverley Novels. In his novels Scott arranged the plots and characters so the reader enters into the lives of both great ...more
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