The Black Dwarf
1849 · Book · Sir Walter Scott
FictionHistoryBothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, historicalFiction, historical, general
Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. This new edition brings out the virtues in the story, long overlaid by Scott's embellishments in later editions. by Sir Walter Scott