Waverley

A heroine with a harp, an owl shrieking over a ruined castle, a villain in a black cowl: Waverley’s narrator conjures the familiar props of romance, then sets them aside to introduce Edward Waverley.

It is 1745, and Edward leaves Waverley-Honour to join a regiment of dragoons. His family is already divided: his uncle Sir Everard holds fast to Tory loyalties, while Edward’s father has chosen another political course. Sent north into a Scotland on the brink of uprising, the young officer encounters a world where old loyalties and new convictions can pull a man in opposite directions. The narrator promises not just a tale of manners, but a story of human passions under pressure. As Edward is drawn toward a cause that tests his allegiance, which side will claim his heart?

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