TY - BOOK AU - Scott,Walter TI - Old Mortality, Volume 1 AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - War stories KW - Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679 -- Fiction KW - Scotland -- History -- 1660-1688 -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mortality; Release date is 2004-08-22; Produced by David Widger, with assistance from an etext produced by David Moynihan; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Old Mortality, Volume 1." by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1816. Set in southwest Scotland during the turbulent 1679 Covenanter uprisings, it follows Henry Morton, a young man caught between love and loyalty when he becomes entangled in religious rebellion. After defending a fugitive assassin, Morton joins the Presbyterian Covenanters in their battles against Royalist forces, though his moderate beliefs clash with extremists on both sides. His involvement threatens his romance with Edith Bellenden, whose family supports the Crown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6939 ER -