Woodstock (novel)

Woodstock (novel)

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name = Woodstock
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Frontispiece of 1863 edition by A & C Black
author = Sir Walter Scott
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country = Scotland & England
language = English
series = Waverley Novels
genre = Historical
publisher = Archibald Constable and Co. (Edinburgh)
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green (London)
release_date = April 28, 1826
media_type = Print ( )
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"Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one" (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set during the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock.

It deals with the escape of Charles II, during the Commonwealth, and his final triumphant entry into London. Shakespeare, Jonson and Milton are among the minor characters.

External links

*gutenberg|no=9785|name=Woodstock
* [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/novels/cavalier.html "Woodstock"] at [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/ Walter Scott Digital Archive] , the University of Edinburgh library


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