Walter Scott

Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The story deals with the escape of Charles II in 1652, during the Commonwealth, and his final triumphant entry into London on 29 May 1660. Scott began composing Woodstock at the very end of October 1825. He appears to have made rapid progress at first, but there were many interruptions during December and the second volume was not finished until 11 February 1826. He completed the final volume on 26 March. The History of England by David Hume (1754‒62), which Scott admired above all others, gave him most of what he needed for the historical background, though for many details he was able to draw on his profound acquaintance with the literature of the seventeenth century. For the goings-on at Woodstock Manor he was familiar with two accounts accepting a supernatural explanation in Satan's Invisible world Discovered by George Sinclair (1685) and Saducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvil (1700). He also knew, though not necessarily at first hand, the version of the story in The Natural History of Oxford-shire by Robert Plot (1677), adopting its more sceptical approach to the business. (wikipedia.org)

Angel-Sachsen gegen Normannen - es ist der gro e mittelalterliche Konflikt Englands des 12. Jahrhunderts, der den Ruf von Sir Walter Scotts "Ivanhoe" als Nationalmythos begr ndet. Richard L wenherz ist nicht im Land um f r Recht und Ordnung zu sorgen und der angels chsische Ritter Ivanhoe kehrt aus dem Heiligen Land zur ck, verkleidet allerdings als Pilger. Seine Gefolgschaft f r den normannischen King L wenherz und die Liebe zu Rowena zwingen zur Vorsicht. Gr ls-Klassiker (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

Angel-Sachsen gegen Normannen - es ist der gro e mittelalterliche Konflikt Englands des 12. Jahrhunderts, der den Ruf von Sir Walter Scotts "Ivanhoe" als Nationalmythos begr ndet. Richard L wenherz ist nicht im Land um f r Recht und Ordnung zu sorgen und der angels chsische Ritter Ivanhoe kehrt aus dem Heiligen Land zur ck, verkleidet allerdings als Pilger. Seine Gefolgschaft f r den normannischen King L wenherz und die Liebe zu Rowena zwingen zur Vorsicht. Gr ls-Klassiker (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

"Vor sechzig, und wir d rfen heute wohl sagen vor mehr als hundert Jahren, nahm Edward Waverley, der Held der folgenden Bl tter, Abschied von seiner Familie, um in das Dragonerregiment zu treten, in welchem er k rzlich eine Anstellung erhalten hatte. Es war ein tr ber Tag in Waverley-Haus, als der junge Offizier Abschied von Sir Everard nahm, dem freundlichen alten Oheim, dessen mutma licher Universalerbe er war." Waverly ist Sir Walter Scotts erster Roman. Er begr ndete damit 1814 das Genre des britischen historischen Romans. Gr ls-Klassiker (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

"Vor sechzig, und wir d rfen heute wohl sagen vor mehr als hundert Jahren, nahm Edward Waverley, der Held der folgenden Bl tter, Abschied von seiner Familie, um in das Dragonerregiment zu treten, in welchem er k rzlich eine Anstellung erhalten hatte. Es war ein tr ber Tag in Waverley-Haus, als der junge Offizier Abschied von Sir Everard nahm, dem freundlichen alten Oheim, dessen mutma licher Universalerbe er war." Waverly ist Sir Walter Scotts erster Roman. Er begr ndete damit 1814 das Genre des britischen historischen Romans. Gr ls-Klassiker (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

This book contains a series of letters written by Sir Walter Scott and addressed to J. G. Lockhart. The letters pertain to demonology and witchcraft, with Scott outlining and explaining his extensive knowledge of the subject. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the occult, and it is not to be missed by collectors of Scott's seminal work. Contents include: Origin of the General Opinions respecting Demonology among Mankind, The Belief in the Immortality of the soul is the main Inducement to credit its occasional re-appearance, The Philosophical Objections to the Apparition of an Abstract Spirit little Understood by the Vulgar and Ignorant, etc. Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a Scottish playwright, historical novelist, and poet. Other notable works by this author include: Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), and Old Mortality (1916). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is chiefly remembered as one of the great historical novelists, with his best-known works including Waverley (1814), Ivanhoe (1819), and Redgauntlet (1824). His experiments in short fiction, however, began before he published his first novel and throughout his career he returned to the short story form, writing tales which often contained elements of Scottish supernaturalism or the macabre. As It Was Told to Me, introduced by Daniel Cook, collects three of Scott’s short stories in one volume. ‘My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror’, mixes a tale of reckless romance with supernatural theatrics; ‘The Two Drovers’ offers a slow-burn exposé of national conflict; and ‘Wandering Willie’s Tale’ weaves a yarn around the grisly death of a despotic laird and a trip to hell.