In the Border country around the abbey of Kennaquhair, modelled on Melrose, two brothers of the Glendinning family grow up in the troubled years of the Scottish Reformation. One is drawn toward the old Church and the other toward the new, while the supernatural White Lady of Avenel watches over the fortunes of the house.
Scott’s return to his own neighbourhood after Ivanhoe, mixing Border life, theology and fairy lore. Download the free EPUB.