
Waverley
Walter Scott(Author)
Real Reads (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-906230-42-5 (ISBN)
Description
Edward Waverley is an English officer in the army of King George, but will his love for Flora, the beautiful Scottish rebel, lead him to betray his King? Life with his regiment in Scotland is dull until he visits his uncle's friends in the Highlands, where he meets Fergus McIvor and his sister Flora. Attracted by the wild freedom and romance of the Scottish clans, Edward finds himself in a difficult and dangerous position. His new friends are Jacobites, planning to overthrow King George and restore the Stuart monarchy. The Jacobites rise in rebellion. When Prince Charles leads an invasion of England, Edward's loyalties are hopelessly divided. Whose side will he take? And what fate awaits them all? Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world's greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
145 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906230-42-5 (9781906230425)
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Persons
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is universally acclaimed as one of the world's greatest writers who was of seminal importance in the development of the historical novel. Stuart Kelly is the literary editor of Scotland on Sunday and a freelance journalist and writer. He is the author of Scott-Land: The Man Who Invented a Nation (Polygon).