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Title: Redgauntlet
Author: Walter Scott
Year of Publication: 1824 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction,
Plot Summary: In this tale about a (wholly fictional) Jacobite rising after the Rebellion of 1745, Scott re-uses a local Border legend concerning MacLaren of Invenenty and a remote, steep-sided corrie. Called the ‘Devil’s Beef Tub’ because of its earlier use by the reiving Johnstone family to hide stolen cattle, this natural feature lies to the South of Annanhead Hill, about 5 miles north of Moffat. Scott’s character, the Laird of Summertrees, wraps himself in his plaid and rolls down the hill to escape his pursuers. The novel also includes an account of spear-fishing in the Solway Firth and a mob’s attack on a salmon-fishing station at the mouth of the Nith.
Publisher: Oxford Paperback
ISBN: 0192836900
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Home | Title detail page
Title: Redgauntlet
Author: Walter Scott
Year of Publication: 1824 (19th century)
Type: Novel
Genre: Adventure/Thriller, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction,
Plot Summary: In this tale about a (wholly fictional) Jacobite rising after the Rebellion of 1745, Scott re-uses a local Border legend concerning MacLaren of Invenenty and a remote, steep-sided corrie. Called the ‘Devil’s Beef Tub’ because of its earlier use by the reiving Johnstone family to hide stolen cattle, this natural feature lies to the South of Annanhead Hill, about 5 miles north of Moffat. Scott’s character, the Laird of Summertrees, wraps himself in his plaid and rolls down the hill to escape his pursuers. The novel also includes an account of spear-fishing in the Solway Firth and a mob’s attack on a salmon-fishing station at the mouth of the Nith.
Publisher: Oxford Paperback
ISBN: 0192836900
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009