Walter Scott. Collected Works in 10 Volumes (set)
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Walter Scott (1771-1832) - English writer, creator and recognized master of historical novel. The author of numerous collection of ballads and legends, romantic poems, critical essays, he gained great love and popularity even at life with his historical works. Such novels like "Guy Mannering", "Puritan" "Rob Roy", "Quentin Dorvard", "Avengo" and others, talk about the past of Europe, including his native Scotland. The first volume of the collected works entered the novel "Weeverley, Il (sixty years ago" (1814), which transfers the reader to Scotland XVIII century. The main character - the young nobleman Waverley - becomes a participant in exciting romantic adventures. In the second volume of the studies, the novel "Guy Mannering or astrologer "(1815), bright and convincingly showing the morals and customs of Scotland of the late XVIII century. In the third volume of the collections of works entered the novel" Antiquarian "(1816), the action of which refers to the end of the XVIII century. The author created a bright picture of the life of England in the period Fight against France for political, commercial and colonial domination. In the fourth, the compositions of the works entered the Roman "Puritan" (1816), telling about the events of the famous Scottish Puritan Uprising of 1679. In the fifth Tom of the essays, the novel by Roman "Ivango" (1819), reproducing The life of England of the late XII century during the reign of King Richard is a lion heart. In the sixth, the composition of the collections of works entered Roman "Rob Roy" (1818), which refers to the beginning of the XVIII century. Rob Roy is an image of a really existing leader of the Scottish Highlanders, who fought for independence. In the seventh, the collections of writings included two novels, dedicated to the history of Scotland of the XVII-XVIII: Legend of Montrose "(1819), telling about the uprising of the Scottish Highlanders in 1645, under the leadership of the schedule of Montrose, and the Lammermur Bride (1819) - about tragic The fate of two lovers. In the eighth, the compositions of the writings entered the novel "Quentin Dorvard" (1823), the action of which occurs in medieval France! In the times of confrontation between the French king, Louis XI and his vassal - the Burgundy Duke of Karl bold. The main character is a poor Scottish nobleman, the arrows located in the service in Louis Xi Guard. The main historical source for writing a novel was the notes of the French diplomat and historian Philippe de Commum. In the ninth volume of the collections of works entered the novel "pirate" (1822), the action of which occurs on the Smetland Islands at the end of the XVII century. The story was based on the once-heard story about the bold pirate John Gau, who was horrified on the navigators in the northern waters. In the tenth of the collections of Works, the novel Karl Bold, or Anna Geyersteinskaya, Virgo Mraka (1829), in which the author following the novel "Quentin Dorvard" again refers to the era of the Franco-Burgundy confrontation. The main historical source for writing a novel was the notes of the French diplomat and historian Philippe de Commum
Author:
Author:Scott V.
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Cover:Hard
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- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Fiction
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Paper:White
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ISBN:978-5-4224-0892-4
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