The Heart Of Midlothian
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the turbulent heart of eighteenth-century Edinburgh, a young woman's fate hangs on the thinnest thread of justice. The Heart of Midlothian chronicles the gripping story of Jeanie Deans, a humble dairymaid who undertakes an extraordinary journey on foot from Scotland to London to plead for the life of her sister Effie, wrongly condemned to death under a cruel and unjust law. Set against the backdrop of the Porteous Riots of 1736 — a real eruption of public fury against the Edinburgh city guard — Sir Walter Scott weaves historical fact and moral drama into a narrative of rare emotional power, establishing the novel as one of the towering achievements of the Romantic era. Scott's genius lies in his ability to inhabit the Scottish landscape and its people with unswerving authenticity, rendering dialect, custom, and social tension with the precision of a historian and the warmth of a storyteller. Jeanie Deans stands apart from the heroines of her age: she is no idealized aristocrat but a woman of profound moral courage, whose quiet determination puts the vanities of high society to shame. Rich with themes of law versus conscience, loyalty, and the resilience of the human spirit, this novel remains as urgent and affecting today as when it first appeared in 1818 — a testament to Scott's enduring claim as the father of the historical novel. What price would you pay for the truth?
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Format: Hardback
Published: 1906, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the turbulent heart of eighteenth-century Edinburgh, a young woman's fate hangs on the thinnest thread of justice. The Heart of Midlothian chronicles the gripping story of Jeanie Deans, a humble dairymaid who undertakes an extraordinary journey on foot from Scotland to London to plead for the life of her sister Effie, wrongly condemned to death under a cruel and unjust law. Set against the backdrop of the Porteous Riots of 1736 — a real eruption of public fury against the Edinburgh city guard — Sir Walter Scott weaves historical fact and moral drama into a narrative of rare emotional power, establishing the novel as one of the towering achievements of the Romantic era. Scott's genius lies in his ability to inhabit the Scottish landscape and its people with unswerving authenticity, rendering dialect, custom, and social tension with the precision of a historian and the warmth of a storyteller. Jeanie Deans stands apart from the heroines of her age: she is no idealized aristocrat but a woman of profound moral courage, whose quiet determination puts the vanities of high society to shame. Rich with themes of law versus conscience, loyalty, and the resilience of the human spirit, this novel remains as urgent and affecting today as when it first appeared in 1818 — a testament to Scott's enduring claim as the father of the historical novel. What price would you pay for the truth?