Physical description

Waverley Novels Vol 21 The Abbot- 2 (Sequel to the Monastery), Light brown hardcover lettering in black text.
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Publisher: Fisher Son & Co
Date: 1837

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on spine with typed text PAT FIC SCO
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service

Summary

The subject volume “The Abbot- 2 (Sequel to the Monastery) Vol 21” published by Fisher Son & Co (1837) is part of a collected edition of Sir Walter Scott's works, containing stories from the "Tales of My Landlord" series.
"Tales of My Landlord" forms a key subset of Scott's Waverley Novels, presented as fictional tales gathered by characters like Peter Pattieson from the landlord of the Wallace “Inn at Gandercleugh”. The series spans multiple books across four sub-series, including “The Black Dwarf” (1707 setting), “Old Mortality” (1679–1689), “The Heart of Midlothian” (1736), “The Bride of Lammermoor” (1709–1711), “A Legend of Montrose” (1644–1645), “Count Robert of Paris” (1097), and “Castle Dangerous” (1307). Vol 46 in the 1838 Fisher edition reprints later entries like “Count Robert of Paris” or “Castle Dangerous” from the fourth series, as these stories originally appeared in Scott's Magnum Opus collected volume editions, the first from 1816. With the influential 48-volume “Magnum Opus” edition from 1829–1833 by Robert Cadell, serving as the basis for later collected published sets like Fisher's.
The Abbot is Walter Scott’s sequel to The Monastery, set in 1567–1568 during the turmoil around Mary, Queen of Scots. The story follows Roland Græme and other characters around Lochleven Castle, where Mary is imprisoned, and builds toward her escape attempt and the political crisis that ends with her defeat and flight to England.
Part two follows Roland to Edinburgh and then to Lochleven, where he becomes involved in the events around Mary’s imprisonment. It includes Mary’s confrontation with the Lady of Lochleven, the delivery of the abdication papers, and the forced political outcome that strips Mary of power. From there, the story moves toward the escape attempt, the battle of Langside, and Mary’s flight to England.