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3.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely difficult to diagnose but fair results,
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This review is from: The Abbot, Vol 1 (Vol. 20 of The Edinburgh Waverly) (Library Binding)
The sequeal to the dud "The Monastery," this tedious book takes us through the life of Roland Graeme, a comely lad saved in the first chapter by the lady of Avenel, who somewhat adopts the fair-faced youth as her page, a person to charm away the weighty epochs while her husband, Sir Halbert Glendinning, whiles away on campaigns in foreign lands with the Scottish Regent Murray.After 7 years of insolently domineering the household, Roland the upstart is banished from the castle and leaves to seek his fortune. Up to this point, the book reads well and lively. Unfortunately, Scott intertwines character after character, culminating in the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in the island fortress of Lochleven. Her isolation and imprisonment, the episodes of her supporters and admirers, the strong aversion to Popery now gaining everywhere but especially in Scotland, and the side which Roland, a secret but doubting Catholic raised in the Protestant manor of Avenel, will take, either the side of his patron Murray, or the lawful but deposed Catholic Queen of Scots, all distract the attention of the reader until a fairly satisfying but long-delayed ending. The ends may justify the means, but the tedium of so many tiresome dialogues, and so many major and minor intrigues, give a troubling weight to this book which is difficult to justify. |
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The Abbot, Vol 1 (Vol. 20 of The Edinburgh Waverly) by Walter Scott (Library Binding - Oct. 1999)
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