The betrothed / Walter Scott ; edited by J.B. Ellis with J.H. Alexander and David Hewitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.

Contributor:

Ellis, J. B. (John Brian)

Series:

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; v. 18a.

Edinburgh edition of the Waverley novels ; v. 18a.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Highlands (Scotland)--Fiction.

Highlands (Scotland).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xvi, 430 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189 - 92), "The Betrothed" is the first of Scott's "Tales of the Crusaders." The betrothed is Eveline, daughter of a Norman noble, who is a victim of the Crusade in that her intended husband is required by the Church to fulfil his vow to join the war and departs for three years. The full horror of an arranged marriage, and of being a possible prize as men seek to gain possession of her is vividly realised -- the heroine is never free; her fate is always determined by the agency of men. And being set on the Marches of Wales, it is not just men but differing cultures that strive for mastery over her.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780748605811

0748605819

OCLC:

470685554