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Robert Louis Stevenson - The Master of Ballantrae

fand ich sehr gut, ist aber schon eine Weile her, seit ich das gelesen habe.

Kurzbeschreibung
Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer. But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. Satanic and seductive, the Master was regarded by Stevenson as all I know of the devil'; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle and compelling tragedy. This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel, the last approved by the author. The introduction considers the novel's inspiration and its place as one of Stevenson's greatest studies in cruelty.

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Kidnapped

Kurzbeschreibung
In "Kidnapped" (1886) and later fiction such as "The Master of Ballantrae" (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland's past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief. This dualism is most famous in "Kidnapped", whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Stevenson wrote the sequel "Catriona" with the title David Balfour, but during serialisation in England the public became confused, thinking it might be a reprint of "Kidnapped". At publisher Cassell's request, the title was changed to "Catriona", after Balfour's daughter.

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Zitat

Original von Dori
Sehr interessant, danke.

Es geht nämlich darum, dass ich gern meine Bachelor-Arbeit über die Verarbeitung des letzten Jakobitenaufstandes in der modernen Literatur (an in etwa 3 Beispielen, eines davon soll die Gabaldon-Reihe sein) schreiben möchte - und nun fehlt mir die moderne Literatur.

Oh, das hatte ich nicht so verstanden, dass es "nur" in Richtung Gabaldon gehen sollte.

Im Hinterkopf hab ich noch einen sehr netten und witzigen Roman einer deutschen Autorin, ist eher ein Liebesroman im Regency-Stil ... ... , den ich vor sicherlich fünfzehn Jahren - aber zweimal - gelesen habe, weil er mir wirklich gut gefallen hatte.

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Voilà:

Barbara Hundt - Die schottische Affäre

Kurzbeschreibung
Das junge schottische Mädchen Mary McDonald verliert in der Schlacht von Culloden 1746 Vater und Bruder. Als sie von Lord Charles Widmore verführt wird, muss sie ganz auf sich gestellt um ihre Ehre kämpfen. Aber Mary weiß sich zu helfen und macht dem heiratsunwilligen Lord einen ungewöhnlichen Vorschlag: Sie wettet mit ihm, dass sie ihn vor den Traualtar bringen wird. Charles Widmore lässt sich auf Marys Spiel ein, und so beginnt vor der historischen Kulisse des schottischen Kampfes gegen die englische Vorherrschaft ein romantisch-turbulentes Ringen um die Liebe, welches von Mary in Form ihrer Tagebuchaufzeichnungen dokumentiert wird.

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Wenn es historisch korrekt ist, ist ein Nackenbeißer vielleicht auch mal ein interessanter Blickpunkt.

Anne Farquharson is a Highland girl - tempestuous, bold, determined to be her own woman. Yet the clan Farquharson is threatened. The Highlands suffer at the domineering hand of English King George, while there are rumours that Bonnie Prince Charlie, exiled to France, is raising an army in a bid for the throne. When Anne marries a clan chief and creates a shaky alliance, she is doing more than taking his bed. Soon she is drawn into the heart of a brutal and bloody conflict, and as the Jacobite rebellion escalates, she and her husband find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield. "White Rose Rebel" is inspired by the true story of a Highland heroine who risked everything for her country and its rightful king.

Auf deutsch "Die Rebellin der Rose". Mir hat es gefallen, mehr kann ich aber auch nicht sagen

Klassiker!

Set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Waverley depicts the story of Edward Waverley, an idealistic daydreamer whose loyalty to his regiment is threatened when they are sent to the Scottish Highlands. When he finds himself drawn to the charismatic chieftain Fergus Mac-Ivor and his beautiful sister Flora, their ardent loyalty to Prince Charles Edward Stuart appeals to Waverley's romantic nature and he allies himself with their cause - a move that proves highly dangerous for the young officer. Scott's first novel was a huge success when it was published in 1814 and marked the start of his extraordinary literary success. With its vivid depiction of the wild Highland landscapes and patriotic clansmen, Waverley is a brilliant evocation of the old Scotland - a world Scott believed was swiftly disappearing in the face of a new, modern era.

Ist ein Kinderbuch, aber wäre vielleicht auch mal was.

With spitfire in her soul and a gypsy's dire words branded in her memory, Jeannie Main, 12, leaves home to go work in another household. In 18th century Scotland, Jeannie's red hair is said to have brought bad luck to her fishing family. Their fortunes do not improve with her departure, but actually worsen. Jeannie determines that she will find and ride a Kelpie, a spirit that appears as a large black horse; she could either be carried off and killed by the Kelpie, or live to tell the tale and have her dearest wish (for the good health of her family) realized. Hendry's classic adventure is set at the time of the Scottish rebellion against the King of England; it is a high-spirited mix of imagination and Highland superstition, with a sobering tonic of history. One flawnot the author'smars this fine story, which includes a glossary for American readers: misspellings, unindented paragraphs and other typographical errors pepper the pages. Ages 9-12.

The New Road von Neil Munro.

First published in 1914, The New Road is a tale of Jacobites, high adventure, murder and mystery. Often compared to the Robert Louis Stevenson masterpiece Kidnapped, it was Munro's last and most accomplished historical novel.

Novel about a man who joins the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 after he meets the beautiful wife of Prince Charles's secretary.

Wohl etwas christlich angehaucht, aber das wäre ja für die BA sicher nicht schlecht auch mal nen anderen Blickwinkel zu haben und so. Es baut auf einer Geschichte aus dem biblischen Buch Ruth auf und versetzt diese in den Jakobiter-Aufstand.

Ist der Beginn einer Serie, aber kann man wohl auch einzeln lesen.

As a Highlander, Elisabeth Kerr is delighted when she hears that bonny Prince Charlie is marching on Edinburgh, intent on claiming his father’s throne. The rest of Elisabeth’s family, including her mother-in-law Dowager Lady Marjory Kerr, is less than thrilled with the idea given that they owe their position in society to the British crown. When it seems as if the Prince actually has a chance of taking back Scotland, allegiances in the Kerr household quickly shift, but even as the Kerrs try to weather the turbulent political climate during 1745–1746, other family secrets threaten to tear them apart. In the end, though, only their faith can save both Elisabeth and Marjory.

His name was Colin Lowrie. A tall, red-haired Scot; a man at 16, whose pride was the ancient clan pride of the Lowries. And when the clans were broken - massacred in a brutal revenge at Culloden Field - Colin Lowrie was forced to take flight on a journey half-way round the world. A journey to a barbaric slave plantation in the West Indies, then on to New Orleans and a life of lust and debauchery - and to a strange eerie love affair with an eccentric heiress... And always, wherever destiny or chance took the young Scottish rebel, he carried with him the dream of Braidlowrie - Braidlowrie, the home of the Lowries - the home from which he was forever exiled...

Da solltest du dann ggf. mal ein gebrauchtes kaufen, bei den Neupreisen...

Noch ein Neil Munro.

Fleeing from Scotland after a duelling incident, Paul Greig is rescued on the high seas by a French privateer. Taken to Dunkirk, he is introduced to a social circle filled with supporters of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) living in exile after the defeat of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. Plunged into a world of political intrigue, he is implicated in a plot to assassinate the Prince and is imprisoned. After escaping, Paul's Jacobite sympathies are shaken by his discovery of the Prince's involvement in a French plan to invade Britain. First published in 1901, "The Shoes of Fortune" paints a vivid picture of the death throes of the Jacobite movement and the decline of its once heroic leader.

Zitat

Original von Dori
Schade, dass Walter Scott und R. L. Stevenson zur selben Zeit gelebt haben, hätte die gern beide genommen. Aber mit einem von den beiden, dem Munro und Gabaldon hab ich 3 Romane aus verschiedenen Epochen, die ich schön vergleichen kann. Danke.

Dori

Du mußt etwas verwechselt haben, Scott starb 18 Jahre, bevor Stevenson geboren wurde, natürlich kannst Du beide nehmen, wenn Du möchtest. Das sind zwei unterschiedliche Schriftstellergenerationen.

'Master of Ballantrae' eignet sich allerdings weniger, weil der Jakobtenaufstand nur Auslöser für den Bruderkonflikt ist und nur um den geht es im Roman.
Hier meine Rezi.

Zur 'historischen Genauigkeit':
Scott gilt als Begründer des englischen historischen Romans, er geht mit historischem Wissen anders um als Stevenson, er schafft ein (romanhaft) genaues Abbild der jeweiligen Zeit.
Stevenson hat stärker die menschlichen Konflikte im Auge, historische Zusammenhänge sind Mittel zur Illustration, nicht Ziel seiner Darstellung. Scott dagegen will die geschichtlichen Ereignisse schildern, sie sind ebenso wichtig, wie die Figuren und ihr Handeln.
Scott ist sehr beackert, es ist hochspannend, sich mit ihm zu beschäftigen, aber Du watest in Sekundärliteratur bis zum Knie. Sag hinterher nicht, ich hätte Dich nicht gewarnt.
Spaß macht's aber allemal. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.

magali

"Quest for a Kelpie" fand ich nicht schlecht. In Schottland wurde mir immer wieder diese Trilogie empfohlen:

Zur Autorin (von Wiki)
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She produced her best-seller, The Flight of the Heron, in 1925, and followed it up with two successful sequels, The Gleam in the North and The Dark Mile. She wrote several other historical novels, successful and much reprinted in their day, although the Jacobite Trilogy, featuring the dashing hero Ewen Cameron, remain the best known. The Flight of the Heron was made into a TV series of eight episodes by Scottish Television and shown in 1968.
Kurzbeschreibung
This trilogy comprises "The Flight of the Heron", "The Gleam in the North" and "The Dark Mile". Part love story, part adventure story, the trilogy is also a picture of a close-knit community embroiled in a civil war.

Dieses habe ich letzten Sommer gelesen und fand es ziemlich langatmig, aber nicht uninteressant.

Product Description
Regarded by many critics as one of the finest historical novels ever written, "Midwinter" tells the tale of Alastair Maclean, confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who embarks on a secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the West of England.