The Pirate (Hardcover)
SKU: DADAX0748605762
ISBN : 9780748605767
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The Pirate
Find Out What Scott Really WroteGoing back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production. No historical figures appear in The Pirate, and there are no historical events, but it is still an historical novel because it dramatises those 'corners of time' where an old era is coming to an end, and a new is beginning. The novel is set in Orkney and Shetland in 1689, and for the northern isles the 'Glorious Revolution' actually means the beginning of the cultural dominance of Scotland and the advent of English power.The plot hinges on an illicit relationship, and is driven by dark men twisted by their criminality, an obsessed woman searching for her lost son, and the murderous rivalry of two young men - a family tale which illustrates the uses and abuses of traditional lore, as well as Scott's extraordinary grasp of the literature of the north. Scott draws heavi
Specification of The Pirate
GENERAL | |
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Author | Walter Scott |
Binding | Hardcover |
Language | English |
ISBN-10 | 0748605762 |
ISBN-13 | 9780748605767 |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Publication Year | 2001 |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Height | 8.6 inch. |
Length | 1.3 inch. |
Width | 5.8 inch. |
Weight | 2 pounds. |
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