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A Lost Lady of Old Years
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First edition
Author John Buchan
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher John Lane
Publication date
1899
Media type Print
Pages 366

A Lost Lady of Old Years is an 1899 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It was first published in serial form in Today. The title comes from Browning’s poem Waring.

Plot

The novel is set in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and follows the adventures of Francis Birkenshaw, an eighteen-year-old law apprentice. It is a study of the romantic temperament and of conflicts of loyalty.

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