Castle Dangerous (Hardcover, Critical)

Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an English knight for a love wager commits himself to defend Douglas Castle against Scottish attempts to retake it. The ballad-like story embraces intriguing elements including national rivalry, and the idealisation and betrayal of love. The Douglas area, seen as an almost surrealist landscape of ravines, trenches, and tombs, and in abysmal weather, forms an appropriate setting for an impressively bleak narrative.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Walter Scott
Editors:	J.H. Alexander
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
Edition:	Critical
ISBN-13:	978-0-7486-0588-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-7486-0588-6
Barcode:	9780748605880

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