The Fair Maid of Perth
1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Bizet opera, see La jolie fille de Perth.
The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch,[1] it is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.
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Author | Sir Walter Scott |
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Country | Scotland |
Language | English |
Series | Chronicles of the Canongate; Waverley Novels |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Cadell and Co. (Edinburgh); Simpkin and Marshall (London) |
Publication date | 1828 |
Media type | |
Pages | 387 (Edinburgh Edition, 1999) |
Preceded by | Chronicles of the Canongate [first series] |
Followed by | Anne of Geierstein |
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