The Lay of the Last Minstrel (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1805
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Mid-sixteenth century
- Setting: The Scottish border
- Principal Characters: Lady Buccleuch, Margaret, The Master of Buccleuch, Lord Cranstoun, Sir William of Deloraine, The Dwarf, The Ghost of Michael Scott
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Supernatural, Mistaken or secret identity, Folklore, Sixteenth century, Scotland or Scottish people, Weddings, Knights or knighthood, Clans
- Locales: Scotland
The Story:
As an old minstrel, the last of his kind, wandered through the country, he was treated kindly by a duchess at whose mansion he asked food and shelter. Later he rewarded her by singing a song of days gone by. What follows is the story contained in the song he sang.
Bold Lord Buccleuch had been killed in battle with the English, but his widow and children were well protected in their castle at Branksome by a group of brave knights who had followed their dead leader. Although a truce had been declared, there were skirmishes between the English and the Scots...
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