Waverley

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1- 8 1L followed by 2L +3L cross and dance down behind 1+2+3M cross and dance back to places
9-16 1M+2M+3M repeat dancing round behind Ladies back to place
17-24 1M+2M also 1L+2L, set to each other and change places RH, set and change back LH ready for...
25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette, 1s end BtoB in centre facing own sides ready for Double Triangles
33-40 1s dance Double Triangles and end side by side facing out on Ladies' side between 2L+3L
41-48 1s lead out between 2L+3L, cast 1L up and 1M down, meet in middle and lead out between 2M+3M, 1s cast 1L up and 1M down to end in 2nd place own sides

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

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Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, was first published in July 1814 and is recognised as one of the earliest examples of the historical novel. Its author, later revealed to be Sir Walter Scott, initially released it without his name.

The story follows Edward Waverley, a young English officer from a well-connected family, who is granted leave from his regiment and travels to Scotland. There, he becomes involved with Highland society and is gradually drawn into the Jacobite Rising of 1745. As he spends time with different families, including the royalist Baron of Bradwardine and the Jacobite Fergus Mac-Ivor, Waverley becomes emotionally and politically torn between opposing sides.

As the rebellion unfolds, Waverley joins the Jacobites and participates in key moments such as the Battle of Prestonpans. He later rescues an officer from the opposing side and, following the defeat at Culloden, is arrested but eventually pardoned. By the end of the novel, he returns to civilian life, restored to favour and married.

The novel combines fictional characters with real historical events and locations, presenting the political and cultural divisions of the time through the experiences of a single individual. It was the first of many novels that would later be grouped under the title The Waverley Novels, and it helped establish historical fiction as a literary form.

"Walter Scott, Waverley", John Pettie (painter, 1839-1893), F. Huth (engraver), illustrated print edition, c. 1893

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