Sir Walter Scotts first novel, Waverley enjoyed tremendous popularity upon its first publication. The novel is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1845, which sought to restore Charles Edward Stuart to the British throne. It portrays the doomed rising from the perspective of the hero, Edward Waverley, who travels to Scotland and is drawn to the Jacobite cause by a clan chieftain and his beautiful daughter. Memorable for its strong characters, its depiction of Scotland, and its mingling of history and romance, Waverley remains a classic of historical and adventure fiction.
