The Fair Maid of Perth

by Walter Scott · first published 1828

The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.

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Genre:

Historical fiction

Original language:

Scots

Year page:

1828