Author: Scott, Sir Walter
Title: The Heart Of Midlothian
Description: Caxton Publishing Co, 1909, reprint. Cloth, G. 471pp, colour frontis, 8 b/w plates, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Melrose Edition of the Waverley Novels. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An historical romance, set against the backdrop of an event known as the Porteous Riots. In 1736, a riot broke out in Edinburgh over the execution of two smugglers, and the City Guards fired on the crowd.

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