Waverley (novel)
Waverley is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. The novel, Scott's first venture into prose fiction, was anonymously published in 1814.
Plot
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The hero, Edward Waverley, has been brought up by a Jacobite uncle, Sir Everard Waverley. Despite having enlisted in the army, he goes to the Highlands and associates with active Jacobites, with the result that he is accused of desertion and treason. Encouraged by the beautiful Flora Mac-Ivor, and by a meeting with Bonnie Prince Charlie himself, Waverley goes over to the Jacobites and is involved in the Battle of Prestonpans, where he saves the life of a colonel who turns out to be a close friend of his uncle. Thus he escapes retribution and marries his sweetheart, Rose Bradwardine.
Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of novels on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley novels".
