1814 was evidently too early in time to write about actual families who were involved in the war, so that all three families, the English, the Lowlands and the Highlands one, are made up. Oh, this point is really interesting. Settings long enough ago that no one now remembers them or had family living then get consigned to "historical novels," but of course if Scott was writing in 1814 it would have been like WWI for us now... . Completely obvious, of course, but an interesting thought for me. (sorry, not very coherent yet this morning)
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Date: 2022-11-01 11:30 pm (UTC)Oh, this point is really interesting. Settings long enough ago that no one now remembers them or had family living then get consigned to "historical novels," but of course if Scott was writing in 1814 it would have been like WWI for us now... . Completely obvious, of course, but an interesting thought for me. (sorry, not very coherent yet this morning)