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After growing tired of civilization, Basil Merton moves to the island known as Shetland with his young son, Mordaunt. Much more social than his father, Mordaunt is content reaching out to the other few people residing in their community, and grows up alongside the Troil daughters,... Read Full Overview

The Pirate By Walter Scott

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,... Read Full Overview

After growing tired of civilization, Basil Merton moves to the island known as Shetland with his young son, Mordaunt. Much more social than his father, Mordaunt is content reaching out to the other few people residing in their community, and grows up alongside the Troil daughters,... Read Full Overview

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El pirata, es una novela escrita por Walter Scott en 1822. Est basada en la isla de Mainland, en las islas Shetland, Escocia, que Scott visit .Murdaunt, el nico hijo que tiene Mertoun, se embarcan rumbo a la isla de Mainland, para tener una nueva vida, pero Mertoun oculta su... Read Full Overview

L'histoire se d roule dans les les Shetland au d but du XVIIIe si cle. Magnus Troil, vieil homme respectable, y vit paisiblement avec ses deux filles, Minna et Brenda. Il a lou Basil Mertoun et son fils Mordaunt, un ch teau retir du village. Mordaunt c toie depuis son... Read Full Overview

The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based on the life of pirate John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland. The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), around 1700. The arrival of the shipwrecked captain, Cleveland, spoils... Read Full Overview

The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based on the life of pirate John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland. The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), around 1700. The arrival of the shipwrecked captain, Cleveland, spoils... Read Full Overview

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such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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The Pirate is a novel written by Sir Walter Scott, a renowned Scottish author, and is part of his extensive literary works. The story is set in the late 17th century and follows the adventures of a young man named Cleveland, who is falsely accused of treason and forced to flee... Read Full Overview

The arrival of the shipwrecked captain, Cleveland, spoils young Mordaunt's relationship with the Troil girls, and soon a bitter rivalry grows between the two men... The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland... Read Full Overview