SIR WALTER SCOTTS HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN Von Sir Walter Scott (Taschenbuch / Softback)
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Edinburgh, 1736: an indignant crowd has gathered in the Grassmarket to watchthe execution of a smuggler. Opening with the start of the Porteous Riots, The Heart of Midlothian is one of Walter Scott's most famous historical novels, featuring murder, madness and seduction. Following his brutal suppression of the spectators, John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, is charged with murder and locked up in Edinburgh's Tolbooth prison, also known as the Heart of Midlothian. When news comes that he has been pardoned,an angry mob breaks into the jail, liberating its inmates and bringing Porteous toits own form of justice.
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