The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott

Download or read book The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humor. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts the monastery of Kennaquhair (a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott's own home at Abbotsford) on the verge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order.