Peveril of the Peak

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Peveril of the Peak is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the 17th century, exploring themes of loyalty, political intrigue, and religious conflict in the aftermath of the English Civil War.

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instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Peveril of the Peak (1869 opera by Arthur Sullivan and H. F. Chorley) ⓘ
linked to: Peveril of the Peak
author Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
Walter Scott ⓘ
linked to: Sir Walter Scott
basedOnRealLocation Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire ⓘ
linked to: Peveril Castle
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsHistoricalFigure Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
Titus Oates ⓘ
depictsMonarch Charles II of England ⓘ
firstEditionFormat three volumes ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Peveril of the Peak (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Peveril of the Peak
hasFictionalCastle Peveril Castle ⓘ
hasTitleFrom Peveril family seat "the Peak" ⓘ
historicalEventReferenced Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
Popish Plot ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance example of Scott’s later historical romances ⓘ
one of the longer Waverley Novels ⓘ
mainCharacter Alice Bridgenorth ⓘ
Julian Peveril ⓘ
King Charles II ⓘ
Major Bridgenorth ⓘ
Sir Geoffrey Peveril ⓘ
linked to: Julian Peveril

Titus Oates ⓘ
the Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Waverley Novels ⓘ
placeOfPublication Edinburgh ⓘ
publicationYear 1823 ⓘ
publisher Archibald Constable ⓘ
Constable and Co. ⓘ
linked to: Constable & Co.
setInPeriod 17th century ⓘ
Restoration era ⓘ
reign of Charles II of England ⓘ
settingLocation Derbyshire ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
theme Popish Plot ⓘ
anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ
honour ⓘ
justice ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ

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Sir Walter Scott → notableWork → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Peveril of the Peak → hasAdaptation → Peveril of the Peak (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Peveril of the Peak
Peveril of the Peak → adaptedAs → Peveril of the Peak (1869 opera by Arthur Sullivan and H. F. Chorley) ⓘ
linked to: Peveril of the Peak
Waverley Novels corpus → hasPart → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Julian Peveril → protagonistOf → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Julian Peveril → appearsIn → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Julian Peveril → fictionalUniverse → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Julian Peveril → workFirstPublishedAs → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Alice Bridgenorth → appearsIn → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Alice Bridgenorth → fictionalUniverse → Peveril of the Peak universe ⓘ
linked to: Peveril of the Peak
Major Bridgenorth → appearsIn → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Waverley universe → hasWork → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Walter Scott bibliography → includesWork → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ
Waverley Novels → hasPart → Peveril of the Peak ⓘ