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It is 1679. Archbishop Sharpe, Primate of Scotland, has just been murdered. His death is a signal for rebellion in which the Covenanting army, strong in faith and willing to die for it, challenges the King's forces under the command of Claverhouse. Between the two extremes stands young Henry Morton of Milnewood; escaping the threat of execution by Claverhouse, he commits his loyalties to the Covenanters, whose bigotry and fanaticism he nevertheless deplores.
The story reaches dramatic heights in Scott's description of the Covenanters rebuff of the Royalist forces at Loudoun Hill, the preparations for the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, and the moving trial of the young Morton and his fellow prisoners before Claverhouse and the Privy Council.
Scott's grim tale of extremism and cruelty is redeemed by the courage and the loyalty of its characters and the humorous vignettes of the maid Jenny Dennison, the faithful Cuddie Headrigg, and his stubborn yet resolute mother Mause. In this, one of his best-known novels, Scott dramatically reaffirms his conviction that religious and civil liberty are essential for a civilized society.
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Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, 1679, Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679, Covenanters, Fiction, History, Scotland, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, historical, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Bothwell bridge, bataille de (1679) dans la littérature, Fiction, historical, generalTimes
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Old Mortality: Vol. 1
Jun 26, 2018, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Old Mortality, Complete (Large Print)
July 3, 2003, Echo Library
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Old Mortality (Oxford World's Classics)
June 2000, Oxford University Press
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May 30, 2000, Adamant Media Corporation
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The tale of old mortality
1999, Penguin Books
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November 1998, Konemann
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3829009003 9783829009003
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Old Mortality (Oxford World's Classics)
November 18, 1993, Oxford University Press, USA
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The tale of old mortality
1993, University Press, Columbia University Press
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Old Mortality: The Betrothed ; Chronicles of the Canongate
1900, Thomas Nelson
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