This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. At the centre of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian.
- ISBN10 1345143397
- ISBN13 9781345143393
- Publish Date 22 October 2015 (first published December 1952)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Arkose Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 648
- Language English