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Old Mortality

Old Mortality is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of his Tales of My Landlord (1816). The novel deals with the period of the Covenanters, featuring their victory at Loudoun Hill (also known as the Battle of Drumclog) and their defeat at Bothwell Bridge, both in…

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Author
Walter Scott
Genre
Historical novel
Publication date
2 December 1816
Publisher
William Blackwood, (Edinburgh); John Murray (London)
Followed by
Rob Roy
Language
English, Lowland Scots

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related to Editions · 33
Old Mortality → April, Archibald Constable, As, Author, Blackwood's, Brown, December, Douglas Mack, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Edition, February, Hurst, In October, Jedediah Cleishbotham, John Murray, London, Longman, Magnum, My Landlord, Novels
related to Plot summary · 22
Old Mortality → After, Cavalier, Covenanter, Covenanters, Edith Bellenden, He, Henry Morton, Introduction, Jedediah Cleishbotham, Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret Bellenden, My Landlord, Pattieson, Peter Pattieson, Robert Paterson, Royalist, Scotland, Scotsman, Tales, The
related to Adaptations and cultural references · 15
Old Mortality → Alexander Chisholm, Black Linn, Cavaliers, Despite, Internet, Italy, Jacques-François Ancelot, Joseph Xavier Saintine, Letitia Elizabeth Landon's, Linklater, Scott's, Sir Walter Scott, The, Têtes, Vincenzo Bellini's
related to Reception · 15
Old Mortality → Although, Covenanters, Francis Jeffrey, Henry Duncan, Henry Morton, McCrie's, Most, Rev, Scott, The Black Dwarf, The Eclectic Review, The Edinburgh Christian Instructor, The Edinburgh Review, The Quarterly Review, Thomas McCrie
related to Composition and sources · 14
Old Mortality → April, August, August James Ballantyne, Blackwood, In, My Landlord, On, Scotland, Scott, Scott's, Tales, The Black Dwarf, The Tale, William Blackwood
related to background · 12
Old Mortality → Bothwell Bridge, Covenanter, Craignethan Castle, Drumclog, Dunottar, Henry Morton, In, Scott, The, This, Tillietudlem, Tillietudlem Castle
related to Volume One · 6
Old Mortality → An, Ch, Covenanters, Gandercleugh, Lady Margaret Bellenden, Peter Pattieson
related to External links · 4
Old Mortality → LibriVox, Page, Project GutenbergOld Mortality, Walter Scott Digital Archive
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Old Mortality → Walter Scott
Followed by · 1
Old Mortality → Rob Roy

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ch henry covenanters burley tillietudlem old scott mortality morton claverhouse evandale scotland bellenden cuddie battle bothwell edinburgh black tales novel

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Old MortalityAuthorWalter Scott1.00infobox
Old MortalityFollowed byRob Roy1.00infobox
Old MortalityGenreHistorical novel1.00infobox
Old MortalityLanguageEnglish, Lowland Scots1.00infobox
Old MortalityMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Old MortalityPages353 (Edinburgh Edition, 1993)1.00infobox
Old MortalityPreceded byThe Black Dwarf1.00infobox
Old MortalityPublication date2 December 18161.00infobox
Old MortalityPublication placeScotland1.00infobox
Old MortalityPublisherWilliam Blackwood, (Edinburgh); John Murray (London)1.00infobox
Old MortalitySeriesWaverley Novels; Tales of my Landlord (1st series)1.00infobox
Old Mortalityrelated to Adaptations and cultural referencesDespite0.60section

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