1905. Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well-read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. The action of The Pirate takes place in Shetland and Orkney in the last years of the seventeenth century. The plot hinges on an illicit relationship and is dominated by obsessed women and dark men twisted by their criminality. See the many other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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THAT long, narrow, and irregular island, usually called the mainland of Zetland, because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago, terminates, as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients, in a cliff of immense height, entitled Sumburgh Head, which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge, forming the extreme point of the isle to the south-east. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Magnus Troil, Captain Cleveland, Claud Halcro, Mordaunt Mertoun, Mistress Baby, Saint Magnus, Triptolemus Yellowley, Bryce Snailsfoot, Maister Mordaunt, Norna of the Fitful Head, Minna Troil, Magnus Troll, Sumburgh Head, Captain Weatherport, John Dryden, Mistress Barbara, Master Yellowley, Neil Ronaldson, Saint Ringan, Lady Glowrowrum, Captain Goffe, Dick Fletcher, Lord Chamberlain, Mistress Minna, Basil Mertoun New!
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THAT long, narrow, and irregular island, usually called the mainland of Zetland, because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago, terminates, as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients, in a cliff of immense height, entitled Sumburgh Head, which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge, forming the extreme point of the isle to the south-east. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Magnus Troil, Captain Cleveland, Claud Halcro, Mordaunt Mertoun, Mistress Baby, Saint Magnus, Triptolemus Yellowley, Bryce Snailsfoot, Maister Mordaunt, Norna of the Fitful Head, Minna Troil, Magnus Troll, Sumburgh Head, Captain Weatherport, John Dryden, Mistress Barbara, Master Yellowley, Neil Ronaldson, Saint Ringan, Lady Glowrowrum, Captain Goffe, Dick Fletcher, Lord Chamberlain, Mistress Minna, Basil Mertoun New!
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