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Anne of Geierstein - Volume 1

Sir Walter Scott

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Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, shortly after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). It covers the period of Swiss involvement in the Burgundian Wars.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .eep compassion, that of the son, at the same moment, was sufficiently perilous. We have already stated, that Arthur Philipson had commenced his precarious journey along the precipice with all the coolness, resolution, and unshaken determination of mind which was most essential to a task where all must depend upon firmness of nerve. But the formidable accident 31 which checked his onward progress was of a character so dreadful as made him feel all the bitterness of a death instant, horrible, and, as it seemed, inevitable. The solid rock had trembled and rent beneath his footsteps, and although, by an effort rather mechanical than voluntary, he had withdrawn himself from the instant ruin attending its descent, he felt as if the better part of him, his firmness of mind and strength of body, had been rent away with the descending rock, as it fell thundering, with clouds of dust and smoke, into the torrents and whirlpools of the vexed gulf beneath. In fact, the seaman s. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Scott himself didn’t think much of this novel (“Get a good name and you may write trash”, he said of it), but I think he was being unfair on himself. The critical reception was good. It takes some gumption to write a historical novel set in a country you have never visited and while you don’t have a

Another inappropriately named novel in the Waverley series. The title character probably graces far less than 100 of the novel's approximate 750 pp. and is a relatively light weight entity for all that. However, her family history is certainly an interesting one, with her absent father the Count of

I really surprised myself by enjoying this hugely. Maybe I should revisit Quentin Durward, set in a similar era, because I didn't like that much at the time. But I got quite involved in the fate of the characters here, it wasn't obvious what was going to happen, there was some genuine tension, and a

Not one of Scott's best, but a worthwhile read drawing upon some fun aspects of history.