St. Ronan's Well

Languageen
First published2007-03-06
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#20749

Description

"St. Ronan's Well" by Walter Scott is a novel first published in 1824. Set in a fashionable Scottish spa town, it tells the story of two half-brothers—Valentine Bulmer, Earl of Etherington, and Francis Tyrrel—who both seek to marry Clara Mowbray. Their rivalry conceals dark secrets from the past, including betrayal, a mysterious ceremony, and deception. As tensions escalate through duels and gambling debts, the truth threatens to destroy Clara and expose the earl's carefully constructed lies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Historical fiction
  • Country life -- Fiction
  • Scotland -- Fiction
  • Black humor
  • PR

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