Waverley (novel)

Waverley is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. This was Scott's first venture into prose fiction, anonymously published in 1814, and is often regarded as the first historical novel. Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of novels on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley novels".

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Sir Walter Scott - 1814

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In 1815 Scott was given the honour of dining with George, Prince Regent, who wanted to meet "the author of Waverley". It is thought that at this meeting Scott persuaded George that as a Stuart prince he could claim to be a Jacobite Highland Chieftain, a claim that would be dramatised when George became King and visited Scotland.

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1815 - George, Prince Regent - Visited Scotland

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The character of "Fergus Mac-Ivor" in Waverley was drawn from the flamboyant Chieftain Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry. During the King's visit, Glengarry made several dramatic unplanned intrusions on the pageantry.

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