Ebook > Fiction > Narrative Literature > before 1945 > Jane Porter: The Scottish Chiefs (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (ePUB)

Jane Porter
The Scottish Chiefs (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
And the Life of Sir William Wallace

Support

Cover of Jane Porter: The Scottish Chiefs (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (ePUB)

This pioneering historical novel is about the life of the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace, who fought against the Normans for Scottish freedom. Published in 1810, it was one of the literary sources for the Academy Award-winning film, Braveheart, and remains popular in Scotland today.

€1.99

About the author

Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a Scottish novelist who helped to popularize the historical novel in such works as Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810). During her time her work was controversial and The Scottish Chiefs was banned by Napoleon in France.

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 436 ● ISBN 9781411436343 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5862601 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

42,549 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Arthur M.Winfield: Rover Boys in Business Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds

Arthur M.Winfield: Rover Boys in Business Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds

The Rover Boys in Business, also countable in The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans, was a well-known children’s book series authored by Edward Stratemeyer using the pen name Arthur M. Winfield. …

Cover of George Eliot & Virginia Woolf: Stop What You’re Doing and Read…Of All Ordinary Human Life: Middlemarch & To The Lighthouse

George Eliot & Virginia Woolf: Stop What You’re Doing and Read…Of All Ordinary Human Life: Middlemarch & To The Lighthouse

To mark the publication of Stop What You”re Doing and Read This!, a collection of essays celebrating reading, Vintage Classics are releasing 12 limited edition themed ebook ”bundles”, to tempt rea …

Cover of Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native

Like all of Hardy’s work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and honest novel of …

Cover of Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens died half way through writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood , and ever since speculation has been rife as to how the tale might have unfolded. For this intriguing two-part adaptation for …

Cover of William Faulkner: Light in August

William Faulkner: Light in August

A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner”s central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas – a man doomed, deracinated and alone – wanders the Deep South in search of an …

Cover of Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend

”Perhaps his greatest work. The great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental” William Boyd WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his i …

Cover of Tom Graham: LIFE ON MARS A FISTFUL OF EB

Tom Graham: LIFE ON MARS A FISTFUL OF EB

Time to leap into the Cortina as Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt roar back into action in a brand new installment of Life on Mars.DCI Gene Hunt plunges into the boxing underworld – and this time, the gloves …

Cover of Lawrence, (Herbert, David) D.H.: Virgin and The Gipsy

Lawrence, (Herbert, David) D.H.: Virgin and The Gipsy

”The Virgin and the Gipsy”, written as a brief fiction titled by English novelist D.H. Lawrence, was posthumously released in 1930. Due to the spelling of "Gipsy" in the original and …

Cover of Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby

”The novel has everything: absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics” The Times When Nicholas”s father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To ea …

Cover of Angela Brazil: Fortunes of Philippa A School Story

Angela Brazil: Fortunes of Philippa A School Story

"The Fortunes of Philippa: A School Story" by Angela Brazil is a captivating children’s literature work that invites readers into the vibrant world of a British boarding school. As a …