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| Author | Sir Walter Scott |
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| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Series | Tales of My Landlord (4th series); Waverley Novels |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Robert Cadell (Edinburgh); Whittaker and Co. (London) |
Publication date | 1832 (1 December 1831) |
| Publication place | Scotland |
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| Pages | 190 (Edinburgh Edition, 2006) |
| Preceded by | Count Robert of Paris |
Castle Dangerous (1831) was the last of Walter Scott's Waverley novels. It is part of Tales of My Landlord, 4th series, with Count Robert of Paris. The castle of the title is Douglas Castle in Lanarkshire, and the action, based on an episode in The Brus by John Barbour, is set in March 1307 against the background of the First War of Scottish Independence.