The Heart of Mid-Lothian

Scott, Sir Walter

ISBN 10: 0140431292 / ISBN 13: 9780140431292

Published by Penguin Group, London, EN, 1994

About this Item

Scott, Sir Walter THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN London, EN: Penguin Group 1994 FIRST EDITION NF 793pp. 8vo. Cover does show light wear with creasing along the spine. Edges and corners show wear and light bumping. Text is age toned but otherwise clean and binding is strong throughout the book except in the first three pages. Overall book is in great shape.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Heart of Mid-Lothian
• Publisher: Penguin Group, London, EN
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140431292
• ISBN 13: 9780140431292
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Jeanie Deans, a dairymaid, decides she must walk to London to gain an audience with the Queen. Her sister is to be executed for infanticide and, while refusing to lie to help her case, Jeanie is desperate for a reprieve. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, The Heart of Mid-Lothian dramatizes different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. Based on an anonymous letter Scot received in 1817, this is the seventh and finest of Scott's 'Waverley' novels. It was an international bestseller and inspired succeeding novelists from Balzac to George Eliot.

About the Author

Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Inglis