Heart of Midlothian (Abridged)

New and controversial abridged edition of Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian, set in Edinburgh in the mid 18th Century. Edinburgh 1736: an indignant crowd has gathered in the Grassmarket to watch the execution of a smuggler. Opening with the start of the Porteous Riots, this is one of Walter Scott's most famous historical novels, featuring murder, madness and seduction.