Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since
by Scott, Walter
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"Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1814. A young English gentleman receives a commission in a Scottish regiment on the eve of the Jacobite rising of 1745. During leave, he discovers his host supports the exiled Jacobite prince, forcing him to choose between loyalty to the Crown and admiration for the rebels' romantic cause. His honorable conduct earns him allies on both sides as the uprising unfolds toward its inevitable conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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