The Fortunes of Nigel
Sir Walter Scott Bart
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Publisher: Rand McNally
Copyright: No date printed
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This book is in good condition. Hardcover. This is an antiquarian book that has had a long and illustrious journey through time. Please take a look at the pictures to ascertain the condition and state of this book. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. Blue cloth boards with lovely gilt heraldric seal. Boards are worn along edges and corners with some surface rubbing. Hinges tight. Binding sturdy. Deckled page edges. The text block is crisp and clean. No date printed. 562 pages -
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A young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt, Lord Glenvarloch, travels to London in order to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to use the money to pay off a mortgage on his estate-but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have their eyes on it. The lord is drawn into the chaotic life of the court, and when he becomes an enemy of the profligate Lord Dalgarno, he finds himself in grave danger. Scott's main sources for The Fortunes of Nigel were Jacobean dramas and other imaginative literature of the period, but he was also well acquainted with other contemporaneous publications and more recent studies. For his depiction of James, and details of events during his reign, he was able to draw extensively on his own edition, published in 1811, of Secret History of the Court of James the First, containing a set of contemporaneous or early memoirs and histories.
Item Dimensions: 8.5 inches x 5.75 inches
LOC B1 S5