Waverley, Volume 1
Sir Walter Scott
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Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. He journeys North from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath. (Summary by Wikipedia) (12 hr 31 min)
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Avid Listener
Whatever Waverley was, he certainly was imprudent in many of his actions; perhaps he will improve in volume II. There were many interesting and informative sections describing everyday life in the highlands. The readers were mostly good; fortunately, most of them did not attempt to read in Scottish dialect, a practice which virtually ruined lisrening to ROB ROY by the same author.
A LibriVox Listener
It's almost like a thriller, in that one trifling incident after another is construed to lead poor callow Waverly to the gallows. I think Scott illustrates how dangerous it might have been to ally oneself even slightly with the Jacobites.