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Castle Dangerous
''Castle Dangerous'' (1831) was the last of Walter Scott's novels published in his lifetime. It is part of ''Tales of My Landlord, 4th series''.
==Plot introduction==
The story is set in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire around 1306, shortly after the death of William Wallace during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Lady Augusta has promised to marry Sir John de Walton provided that he can maintain possession of the castle he has captured for a year and a day. Regretting her promise, she resolves to travel in disguise to the castle to find some method of subversion.
The story had already been told in brief in his ''Essay on Chivalry'', and in spite his failing health and a recent decline in popularity due to his politics, Scott made an effort to visit the area to collect information and adjust descriptions. Pained by James Ballantyne's criticisms of ''Count Robert of Paris'', and by Ballantyne's unexpected disagreement on the subject of the recent Reform Bill, Scott did not discuss the book with him.
Only one ruined tower remains of Douglas Castle, and that tower dates from the 17th century. Scott called this area "Douglasdale"〔The term Douglasdale was used in the preface of ''Castle Dangerous'', the last romance work of Sir Walter Scott, transmitted from Naples, Italy circa 1832 the following (link at Scottish-Places.info )〕 in the preface of this book.
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