Walter Scott · 1814 · overland

Walter Scott's 1814 novel, often called the first historical novel. Edward Waverley, a dreamy young Englishman commissioned into a regiment in Scotland, visits a family friend on the edge of the Highlands and is swept up in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Torn between his Hanoverian duty and the romance of Bonnie Prince Charlie's cause, he follows the rebel army to its high-water mark and its ruin, emerging a sadder and a wiser man.

1. 1
   Waverley-Honour

   Edward leaves his uncle's English estate in Surrey, commissioned into a regiment bound for Scotland.

2. 2
   Tully-Veolan

   To the Perthshire manor of the Baron of Bradwardine, on the very edge of the Highlands.

3. 3
   The Highlands

   Into the mountains, to the clan chieftain Fergus Mac-Ivor and his sister Flora.

4. 4
   Edinburgh

   To Holyrood and the court of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Jacobite army holding the capital.

5. 5
   Prestonpans

   The Highland charge that routs the government army in minutes.

6. 6
   Derby

   The rebel march deep into England, to its farthest point before the long retreat.

7. 7
   Carlisle

   And the grim castle where his friend Fergus is tried and hanged, the rising broken.