Chronicles of the Canongate
Author: Scott, Walter
ISBN: 9780140439892
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 03 Jul 2003
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
The Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Claire Lamont
Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere. In 'The Highland Widow' and 'The Two Drovers', two young men find themselves torn between traditional Scottish loyalties and the opportunities offered by England. And 'The Surgeon's Daughter' follows three young Scots to India during the first phase years of the British Empire.
ISBN: 9780140439892
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 03 Jul 2003
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
The Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Claire Lamont
Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere. In 'The Highland Widow' and 'The Two Drovers', two young men find themselves torn between traditional Scottish loyalties and the opportunities offered by England. And 'The Surgeon's Daughter' follows three young Scots to India during the first phase years of the British Empire.
