Monday, January 12, 2009

Redguantlet: Sir Walter Scott

By Arielle Potter, 10/16/07

Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a book about two young men who are good friends and narrate events chiefly through letters to each other. Darsie Latimer decides to gallivant around in the north of England, mainly because he has been told not to, and gets himself into trouble. He meets a mysterious stranger who seems to take a special interest in him, and when Darsie attempts to aid a kindly Quaker he is kidnapped by the desperado. His friend Alan Fairford, who is a sober young lawyer, is warned of his friend’s danger by a fair unknown, but is unable to go to his friend because of a court case. When he hears of Darsie’s capture however, he rushes off at once to save him. After a fatiguing journey with many hardships and with some help from the Quaker, Joshua Geddes, and some other kindly people, Alan locates his friend but discovers that his fate is entangled in a dark and dangerous plot to put Charles Edward Stuart on the throne of England. Who is the mysterious stranger and will he ever release Darsie Latimer? And who will get to marry the pretty girl whom Darsie and Alan have both become enamoured with? Find out in this exciting novel!

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