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Montrose does not make an appearance in the book until more than halfway through, and the basic history of him is left to the reader to explore on their own. Still, and perhaps because I grew up with stories from my granddad about Montrose, I found it very enjoyable, and NEVER TRUST A CAMPBELL!Product details
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A Legend of Montrose Sir Walter Scott 9781490535289 Books Reviews
Sir Walter Scott A Legend of Montrose (Clear Print). Teddington The Echo Library, n. d. 356 pages.
"A Legend of Montrose" was originally published in the same year as "The Bride of Lammermoor" and was Scott's last Scottish novel before he turned to "Ivanhoe" and more general historical themes. Ostensibly, the story is about the battles between Highland royalists and their Presbyterian or Covenanter counterparts at the time of the Civil War (in the 1640's). The Earl of Montrose leads an army of Highland "gillies" under the command of their clan leaders through various adventures in Perthshire, Argyle and further to the north. The climax is the battle between Montrose's forces and those led by the Duke of Argyle. However, Scott would not be Scott if he did not weave a fascinating pattern of more personal interest. The central character here is Dugald Dalgetty, a verbose and opinionated ex-mercenary who falls in with Montrose's army and plays a leading role in the campaign. We also meet the Earl of Menteith and follow the history of his love for Annot Lyle, an orphan who has been befriended and is also loved by the younger brother of the Highland chieftain Angus M'Aulay.
In order not to spoil the story, I won't tell more, but this is enough to show that there are strains of "Waverley" here. And, true to form, the book is full of translations of supposedly ancient Gaelic poetry (this was the time of "Ossian") and peppered with Gaelic and other Scottish expressions. The Echo Library Clear Print edition reproduces in fairly large, clear print not only the novel itself but also the introduction from the 1830 edition of Scott's works. Scott's longer notes are printed at the end, the shorter ones are included within square parentheses in the text. There are no editor's notes and no glossary. The book is well-bound and does not fall apart while being read. I did find about half-a-dozen printing errors, mainly spelling, but these were not serious enough to cause any misunderstanding. "A Legend of Montrose" is not one of Scott's major novels. but those who enjoy his beautifully exact descriptions of Scots life and customs in previous centuries will not want to miss it.
Montrose does not make an appearance in the book until more than halfway through, and the basic history of him is left to the reader to explore on their own. Still, and perhaps because I grew up with stories from my granddad about Montrose, I found it very enjoyable, and NEVER TRUST A CAMPBELL!
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