The Pirate

Name: The Pirate
Author: Walter Scott
ISBN: 9781787244092

Author: Walter Scott
Series: World Classics
Language: English
Length: 532 pages
ISBN: 9781787244092
Published: 25 January 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

Orkney Islands
Pirate Adventures
Historical Fiction
Love and Betrayal
Political Intrigue
Deception
Disgraced Nobleman
Maritime Adventure
Shipwrecks
Scottish History

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Description

"The Pirate" by Walter Scott unfolds on the remote Orkney Islands, blending historical events with fiction. It follows the adventures of the pirate Cleveland, who conceals his true identity as a disgraced nobleman. The narrative intertwines love, betrayal, and political intrigue as characters navigate the complex relationships between pirates, shipwrecks, and the Orkney community. Against the backdrop of a turbulent past, Scott crafts a vivid tale exploring the consequences of deception, the clash of cultures, and the pursuit of redemption in a captivating maritime adventure.

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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