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Her 1810 work The Scottish Chiefs, about William Wallace, one of the earliest examples of the historical novel, [7] was very successful. [4] The French version was banned by Napoleon. It was said to have influenced Scott and other writers [ 4 ] and has remained popular with Scottish children.
10 wrz 2009 · The Scottish chiefs by Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 ; Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923, ed ; Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934, joint ed ; Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, ill
Jane Porter studied much literature about Sir William Wallace, Scotland’s national hero, beginning with the heroic couplets written about him by Blind Henry the Minstrel in the fifteenth...
20 kwi 2007 · Rooted in political controversy, gender warfare, violence, and revolution, Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace’s struggle for Scottish independence from...
20 kwi 2007 · Rooted in political controversy, gender warfare, violence, and revolution, Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace’s struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. After the cruel death of his wife at the hands of the English, Wallace embarks on a patriotic crusade to free Scotland, gathering around ...
15 wrz 2022 · Jane Porter. DigiCat, Sep 15, 2022 - Fiction - 711 pages. "The Scottish Chiefs" is a romantic and suspenseful novel about14th-century heroes of Scotland, Sir William Wallace and Robert the...
6 lut 2024 · Like Jane Porter’s earlier novel, Thaddeus of Warsaw, The Scottish Chiefs, a Romance (1810) is a historical novel that is attentive to the liberty of a small nation. Set during the late thirteenth- and early-fourteenth-century Wars of Scottish Independence, the...
