Waverley (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1814
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1745
- Setting: England and Scotland
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: England or English people, Eighteenth century, Inheritance or succession, Adventure, Soldiers, Scotland or Scottish people, Outlaws, Battles, Nobility
- Locales: England, Scotland
Characters Discussed
Edward Waverley, a young British officer who holds his commission in the army of George II of England during the bloody days in 1745 when Charles Edward, the Pretender, is trying to gain the British throne. Through a set of circumstances, he learns of the young Pretender’s cause at first hand; he is Charles’s guest, lives for a time with some of his supporters, and swears allegiance to him. Although charged with treason and stripped of his commission, he finally regains favor with the king, inherits his father’s fortune, and marries the woman of his...
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