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Waverley, Volume 1

by Sir Walter SCOTT (1771 - 1832)

20 - Chapter XV: A Creagh, and Its Consequences

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'). It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. He journeys North from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of Waverley, Volume 1:
21 - Chapter XVI: An Unexpected Ally Appears , 22 - Chapter XVII: The Hold of a Highland Robber , 23 - Chapter XVIII: Waverley Proceeds on His Journey , 24 - Chapter XIX: The Chief and His Mansion , 25 - Chapter XX: A Highland Feast , 26 - Chapter XXI: The Chieftain's Sister , 27 - Chapter XXII: Highland Minstrelsy , 28 - Chapter XXIII: Waverley Continues at Glennaquoich , 29 - Chapter XXIV: A Stag-Hunt and Its Consequences , 30 - Chapter XXV: News from England , 31 - Chapter XXVI: An Eclaircissement , 32 - Chapter XXVII: Upon the Same Subject , 33 - Chapter XXVIII: A Letter From Tully-Veolan , 34 - Chapter XXIX: Waverley's Reception in the Lowlands After His Highland Tour , 35 - Chapter XXX: Shows that the Loss of a Horse's Shoe May Be a Serious Inconvenience , 36 - Chapter XXXI: An Examination , 37 - Chapter XXXII: A Conference and the Consequence , 38 - Chapter XXXIII: A Confidant , 39 - Chapter XXXIV: Things Mend a Little , 40 - Chapter XXXV: A Volunteer Sixty Years Since , 41 - Appendix I , 42 - Appendix II , 43 - Appendix III