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Followed by. The Black Dwarf. The Antiquary (1816), the third of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, centres on the character of an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. He is the eponymous character and for all practical purposes the hero, though the characters of Lovel and Isabella ...
Description: Richard Wilson stars as The Antiquary, a man who hordes secrets as well as treasures. Will his knowledge allow Lovel to marry his secret love? With David Tennant as Walter Scott. The Antiquary (1816) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott about an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity.
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Dec 19, 2011 · The Antiquary is a historical romance set in Scotland in 1794, featuring the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck and the hero Lovel, who is revealed to be the heir of the Earl of Glenallan. The novel explores themes of love, honour, and national identity, and reflects Scott's own childhood memories and literary influences.
Complete summary of Sir Walter Scott's The Antiquary. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Antiquary.
Aug 16, 2004 · Of this the Antiquary made Lovel particularly aware, adding, that his friend, the Rev. Doctor Heavysterne from the Low Countries, had sustained much injury by sitting down suddenly and incautiously on three ancient calthrops, or craw-taes, which had been lately dug up in the bog near Bannockburn, and which, dispersed by Robert Bruce to lacerate ...
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Sir Walter Scott. Penguin, 1998 - Fiction - 454 pages. The third novel in the Waverley series, and Scott's personal favorite, The Antiquary centers on a young man called Lovel who meets Jonathan...
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