Peveril Of The Peak

Here is a plot without a drop of blood and all the elements of a romancewithout its conclusion comments the King towards the end of Scotts longestand arguably m... » 

Here is a plot without a drop of blood and all the elements of a romancewithout its conclusion comments the King towards the end of Scotts longestand arguably most intriguing novel. Set against the backdrop of the PopishPlot to overturn Charles II Peveril of the Peak explores the ongoing tensionsbetween Cavalier and Puritan loyalties during the fraught years of RestorationEngland. Ranging from Derbyshire to the Isle of Man and culminating in Londonit is a novel which interweaves political intrigue personal responsibilitiesand the ways in which the forces of history are played out in the struggles ofindividual human lives. But its true subject is perhaps the role of narrationand the limits of storytelling itself. In this the first scholarly edition ofPeveril Alison Lumsden recovers a lost novel. «