The Fair Maid of Perth

The Fair Maid of Perth
	Catharine and Ramorny at the Dungeon 1859 by T Faed & J Andrews
Author	Sir Walter Scott
Language	English
Series	Chronicles of the Canongate; Waverley Novels
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Cadell and Co. (Edinburgh); Simpkin and Marshall (London)
Publication date	1828
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print
Pages	387 (Edinburgh Edition, 1999)
Preceded by	Chronicles of the Canongate [first series]
Followed by	Anne 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.

^ 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.

[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.

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