Waverley novels
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1. Peveril of the Peak
2. A legend of Montrose
3. The heart of Midlothian
4. Redgauntlet
5. Quentin Durward
6. The Talisman
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When King Richard the Lionheart's health began to decline, the English leader organized a truce with the leader of the Islamic forces, Saladin. Agreeing to cease the battles on the condition that Jerusalem would be under Muslim control, the two leaders gave orders to their troops to return to their homes. However, Sir Kenneth, a Scottish knight, was in the search of a certain monk rather than his home when he encounters Emir, a cavalryman for Saladin's...
7. The fortunes of Nigel
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Edgar's family and their home, Ravenswood, is well-respected and revered by the people of Scotland, until their political endorsement invites controversy. When Edgar's father is stripped of his noble title due for supporting King James VII, Lucy's father, Sir William, buys their family estate. Meant to be the rightful master of Ravenswood, Edgar is livid, and feels that his family legacy, has been usurped. Soon, dreaming of getting vengeance, Edgar...
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On the auspicious night that Guy Mannering is shown to the house of the Bertrams of Ellangowan, their first is born and Mannering, a sceptical astrologer, predicts his future. Five years later the prophecy is fulfilled, and Harry Bertram finds himself at the center of a plot to rob him of his inheritance. Harry's subsequent struggles are set against a background of chaos and upheaval in a socially fragmented land where everyone, from landowners to...
10. The abbott
11. Woodstock: or, the cavalier
12. Waverley
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"The story of Edward Waverley, a naiÌ⁸ve, sensitive young man who is posted to Scotland with his regiment, and becomes caught between the clans of the Jacobite Rising and the forces of the Hanoverian regime."--Page 4 of cover.
13. The black Dwarf
14. Kenilworth
15. The tale of old mortality
16. Saint Ronan's well
17. The antiquary
19. The fair maid of Perth: or St. Valentine's Day
20. Anne of Geierstein: or, The maiden of the mist
21. Ivanhoe
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The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of witchcraft -- but it is Lady Rowena who is Ivanhoe's true love. The wicked Prince John plots to usurp England's...