The Lady of the Lake

By Walter Scott

Release : 1810-01-01

Genre : Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

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The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival.

The Lady of the Lake

By Walter Scott

Release : 1810-01-01

Genre : Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival.

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