- "The Pirate" is also the title of novels by Harold Robbins and Frederick Marryat
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| Author | Sir Walter Scott |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Series | Waverley Novels |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Archibald Constable, John Ballantyne (Edinburgh); Hurst, Robinson and Co. (London) |
Publication date | 1822 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 391 (Edinburgh Edition, 2001) |
| Preceded by | Kenilworth |
| Followed by | The Fortunes of Nigel |
The Pirate (published at the end of 1821 with the date 1822) is one of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland.[1] The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), towards the end of the 17th century, with 1689 as the likely date of the main incidents.[2]
- ^ Warren S. Walker, "A 'Scottish Cooper' for an 'American Scott'", 537; John Robert Moore, "Defoe and Scott," 729.
- ^ Walter Scott, The Pirate, ed. Mark Weinstein and Alison Lumsden (Edinburgh, 2001), 487.