Results for 'walter scott'

1. Graeme Macrae Burnet

Benbecula

In July 1857, Angus MacPhee bludgeoned to death his parents and aunt on the Hebridean island of Benbecula. Five years later, Angus's brother Malcolm recounts the events leading up to the murders while trying to keep a grip on his own sanity. Graeme Macrae Burnet delivers a tale of dark madness, leavened by moments of black humour and absurdity.

1. Stacey Halls

The Household

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, highly anticipated new novel from Stacey Halls.

1. Kevin Jared Hosein

Hungry Ghosts

Immersive and beautifully written, it was impossible to put down

1. Simon Mawer

Ancestry

The beautiful novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.

Waverly (Novel)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Initially published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, Waverley is often regarded as the first historical novel. It became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley Novels".In 1815, Scott was given the honour of dining with George, Prince Regent, who wanted to meet "the author of Waverley". It is thought that at this meeting Scott persuaded George that as a Stuart prince he could claim to be a Jacobite Highland Chieftain, a claim that would be dramatised when George became King and visited Scotland.Waverley Abbey is noted by English Heritage to be Sir Walter Scott's inspiration for this novel. However, this was probably not the case. It is believed that Scott named the novel after the pen he used to write this first novel, the Waverley Pen made by MacNiven & Cameron, Blair Street, Edinburgh.