Monastery

England, the second half of the 16th century. Religious fervor and other disputes with Scotland continue to rage on the island. The children of the "bluebearded" Henry VIII Tudor, who once wished to erase Edinburgh from the face of the earth, hardly know what to do next. The English throne, like a pawn, moves from corner to corner, from heir to heir: Edward, Mary, Elizabeth. When the ground burns underfoot and one's head spins, there is no better place than a quiet monastery. Into the secluded Scottish abbey arrives the English knight Sir Percy Shafton. The goal of this brave mustachioed man is simple, like a blade in its sheath or a diamond in a case — he needs to hide for a while. But fate, the villainess, prepares for him a million slingshots and tricks. And what tricks they are! Well, old Percy, hold on! The next volume of "Masters of Adventure" includes the intricately twisted and multi-plotted novel by Walter Scott, "The Monastery" — a book in which the great Scot allowed himself the unheard-of audacity to mix realism with mysticism, history with fantasy. Without any discounts or half-tones. The edition contains a hundred and a half original illustrations by masters of ancient book graphics.