Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century

A historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1824, set in eighteenth-century Scotland amid lingering Jacobite plots after the failed rebellion of 1745. The story follows conspiracies and adventures connected to the title character, Redgauntlet, drawing on the romance of that lost political cause.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic historical novels›The 1700s, up to 1788›Britain and Ireland

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Bibliophiles›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic historical novels›The 1700s, up to 1788›Britain and Ireland