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- catalog abstract "It is 1679. Archbishop Sharpe, Primate of Scotland, has just been murdered. His death is a signal for rebellion in which the Covenanting army, strong in faith and willing to die for it, challenges the King's forces under the command of Claverhouse. Between the two extremes stands young Henry Morton of Milnewood; escaping the threat of execution by Claverhouse, he commits his loyalties to the Covenanters, whose bigotry and fanaticism he nevertheless deplores. The story reaches dramatic heights in Scott's description of the Covenanters rebuff of the Royalist forces at Loudoun Hill, the preparations for the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, and the moving trial of the young Morton and his fellow prisoners before Claverhouse and the Privy Council. Scott's grim tale of extremism and cruelty is redeemed by the courage and the loyalty of its characters and the humorous vignettes of the maid Jenny Dennison, the faithful Cuddie Headrigg, and his stubborn yet resolute mother Mause. In this, one of his best-known novels, Scott dramatically reaffirms his conviction that religious and civil liberty are essential for a civilized society.".
- catalog alternative "Old mortality".
- catalog contributor b5039404.
- catalog contributor b5039405.
- catalog contributor b5039406.
- catalog coverage "Scotland History 17th century Fiction.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "It is 1679. Archbishop Sharpe, Primate of Scotland, has just been murdered. His death is a signal for rebellion in which the Covenanting army, strong in faith and willing to die for it, challenges the King's forces under the command of Claverhouse. Between the two extremes stands young Henry Morton of Milnewood; escaping the threat of execution by Claverhouse, he commits his loyalties to the Covenanters, whose bigotry and fanaticism he nevertheless deplores.".
- catalog description "Scott's grim tale of extremism and cruelty is redeemed by the courage and the loyalty of its characters and the humorous vignettes of the maid Jenny Dennison, the faithful Cuddie Headrigg, and his stubborn yet resolute mother Mause. In this, one of his best-known novels, Scott dramatically reaffirms his conviction that religious and civil liberty are essential for a civilized society.".
- catalog description "The story reaches dramatic heights in Scott's description of the Covenanters rebuff of the Royalist forces at Loudoun Hill, the preparations for the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, and the moving trial of the young Morton and his fellow prisoners before Claverhouse and the Privy Council.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 522 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tale of old mortality.".
- catalog identifier "0231084706 (Columbia)".
- catalog identifier "074860443X (Edinburgh)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tale of old mortality.".
- catalog isPartOf "Edinburgh edition of the Waverly novels ; v. 4B".
- catalog isPartOf "Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; v. 4B.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : University Press ; New York, NY : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog relation "Tale of old mortality.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland History 17th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "823/.7 20".
- catalog subject "Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR5320 .O4 1993b".
- catalog title "Old mortality".
- catalog title "The tale of old mortality / Walter Scott ; edited by Douglas Mack.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".