Woodstock (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1826
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: 1651
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Sir Henry Lee, Alice Lee, Albert Lee, Colonel Markham Everard, Roger Wildrake, Joceline Joliffe, Joseph Tomkins, Dr. Rochecliffe, Louis Kerneguy, Oliver Cromwell
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Politics, Mistaken or secret identity, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Inheritance or succession, Kings, queens, or royalty, Puritans or Puritanism, Throne restoration
- Locales: England
The Story:
Following the death of King Charles I, commissioners of the usurping Oliver Cromwell were sent to destroy the royal residences of England, including the royal lodge of Woodstock, occupied by Sir Henry Lee and his daughter Alice. The old Royalist and his daughter were forced from their home by Cromwell’s soldiers and moved to a nearby hut occupied by the royal lodgekeeper, Joceline Joliffe. They arrived at the hut and found Markham Everard, Sir Henry’s nephew, whose opposite political views so enraged his uncle that the young man left the hut and moved into the...
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