Author | Sir Walter Scott |
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Language | English |
Series | Waverley Novels |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Cadell and Co. (Edinburgh); Simpkin and Marshall (London) |
Publication date | 1829 |
Publication place | Scotland |
Media type | |
Pages | 403 (Edinburgh Edition, 2000) |
Preceded by | The Fair Maid of Perth |
Followed by | Count Robert of Paris |
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is one of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, shortly after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). It covers the period of Swiss involvement in the Burgundian Wars, the main action ending with the Burgundian defeat at the Battle of Nancy at the beginning of 1477.