Old Mortality

Sir Walter Scott

earliest edition we have, 1969 IndyPublish.com, 2006 paperback 232 pages

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It is 1679. Archbishop Sharpe, Primate of Scotland, has just been murdered. His death is a signal for rebellion in which the Covenanting army, strong in faith and willing to die for it, challenges the King's forces under the command of Claverhouse. Between the two extremes stands young Henry Morton of Milnewood; escaping the threat of execution by Claverhouse, he commits his loyalties to the Covenanters, whose bigotr...

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Editions we hold

Old Mortality edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 356 pages · 9798637464531
Old Mortality edition · 2020 · HardPress · 366 pages · 9780371950715
Old Mortality paperback · 2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 200 pages · 9781721976768
Old mortality edition · 2009 · Oxford University Press · 558 pages · 9780199555307
Old Mortality paperback · 2006 · Aegypan · 444 pages · 9781598180466
Old Mortality paperback · 2006 · IndyPublish.com · 244 pages · 9781421995076
Old Mortality hardcover · 2006 · Aegypan · 444 pages · 9781598181975
Old Mortality paperback · 2006 · IndyPublish.com · 232 pages · 9781421995021
Old Mortality hardcover · 2006 · IndyPublish.com · 232 pages · 9781421995007
Old Mortality edition · 2005 · eBooksLib · 9781412133524
Old Mortality hardcover · 2005 · IndyPublish.com · 244 pages · 9781414238807
Old Mortality hardcover · 2005 · IndyPublish.com · 232 pages · 9781414238821

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