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The story is set in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire around 1306, shortly after the death of William Wallace during the Wars of Scottish Independence. From Scott's introduction: "The incidents on which the ensuing Novel mainly turns, are derived from the ancient Metrical... Read Full Overview

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;... Read Full Overview

Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an English knight for a love wager commits himself to defend Douglas... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe,... Read Full Overview

R sum Le ch teau cossais de Douglas, appel aussi Ch teau P rilleux, est occup par une garnison anglaise que commande sir John de Walton. Il est menac par les forces de James Douglas, propri taire des lieux, et fid le de Robert Bruce. Bertram, m nestrel anglais, se rend dans... Read Full Overview

"Le Chateau dangereux" de Walter Scott. Poete et ecrivain ecossais (1771-1832)."

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"Castle Dangerous," part of Sir Walter Scott's celebrated "Waverley Novels," transports readers to the tumultuous era of medieval Scotland. Set against the backdrop of political intrigue and chivalrous ideals, the novel weaves a tale of love, loyalty, and conflict during a... Read Full Overview