The Fair Maid of Perth
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth and other parts of Scotland around 1400. The book had been intended to include two other stories in the same volume: "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" and "Death of the Laird's Jock", and was to have been titled St. Valentine's Eve.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1662377800LSA
- Title
- The Fair Maid of Perth
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Nimmo
- Date Published
- 1894
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