The Fair Maid of Perth

The Fair Maid of Perth
Catharine and Ramorny at the Dungeon 1859 by T Faed & J Andrews
AuthorSir Walter Scott
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChronicles of the Canongate; Waverley Novels
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherCadell and Co. (Edinburgh); Simpkin and Marshall (London)
Publication date
1828
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages387 (Edinburgh Edition, 1999)
Preceded byChronicles of the Canongate [first series] 
Followed byAnne of Geierstein 

The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch,[1] it is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.

  1. ^ As recorded, for example, by Andrew of Wyntoun, writing a few years after the event: "Qwhen thretty for thretty faucht in barreris, at Sanctjohnstoun, on a day, bysyde the Blackfreris." Andrew of Wyntoun, (c. 1350-c.1420), The Orygynale Chronykil of Scotland, edited by David Laing, (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1879 – The Historians of Scotland series no. 9), Vol. Three, Book IX, Ch. XVII, p. 63.