Heart of Midlothian

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-18321999

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1736 and the people of Edinburgh are infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard. His death reprieved by a distant monarch they resolve to take their own revenge. At the centre of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian.

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Main title:

Heart of Midlothian / Walter Scott.

Author:

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Edition:

New Ed.

Imprint:

Oxford : Oxford Paperbacks, 1999 Oxford University Press Distribution Services [distributor],. Oxford University Press Canadian Branch [distributor],. Oxford University Press Southern Africa [distributor],. Oxford University Press Australia [distributor],. Oxford University Press Australia [distributor],. Oxford University Press Inc. USA [distributor],.

Collation:

614p. ; 196x129mm.

Series title:

Oxford world's classics

Notes:

Originally published: 1830.

ISBN:

019283567X (paperback B format)

Language:

English

Subject:

Great Britain -- George II, 1727 -- 760Porteous Riots, 1736Scotland -- 18th century