"The Monastery" by Walter Scott is a historical novel set in a time of great change. This story follows two main friends with differing faiths during the Reformation, one Catholic and one Protestant, whose contrasting views create conflict and shape their lives. Beginning with the introduction from Captain Clutterbuck, who admires the ruins of Melrose Abbey, old stories, and the fading beliefs of magical times. A mysterious monk arrives seeking a historical heart from the abbey, mixing history, faith, and the supernatural, foretelling a drama between old ways and new beginnings.
The Monastery
By Walter Scott
In a time of religious change, the friendship of two men faces a test of faith, history, and mystery.
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About the AuthorSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a British novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He had a major impact on European and American literature.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a British novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He had a major impact on European and American literature.
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