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The Monastery Volume 1

Author
Walter Scott
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
6 hours 22 minutes
ISBN
9781802565355
Published
19 April 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • 16th-Century Scotland
  • Reformation
  • Sir Piercie Shafton
  • Monastic
  • Secular
  • Political Turmoil
  • Romantic Entanglements
  • Glendearg Abbey
  • Intrigue
  • Humor

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Description

"The Monastery" by Walter Scott unfolds against the backdrop of 16th-century Scotland, during the Reformation. The narrative follows the escapades of Sir Piercie Shafton, a flamboyant English knight, and explores the interactions between the monastic and secular worlds. Amidst political turmoil, romantic entanglements, and the mystical allure of Glendearg Abbey, Scott crafts a captivating tale of intrigue and humor. Rich in historical detail and vivid characters, "The Monastery" is a compelling exploration of religious upheaval and societal change in the tumultuous era.

Author

Walter Scott (1771–1832) invented the historical novel as a popular art. Waverley, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy taught Europe that the past could be walked through — tartan, crusade, and the clash of Highland and Hanoverian as living weather, not a school lesson. A poet and an Edinburgh lawyer before the novels made him famous, Scott wrote at a pace that built Abbotsford and a nation's tourist imagination.

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