Walter Scott is the author of very popular historical novels, the founder of the genre of "historical novel" in England. The action of "Perth Beauty" takes place in Scotland in the XIV century near the city of Perth on Valentine's Day and a few weeks later on willow Sunday. The main heroine of the novel is a student of the Dominican father Clement . Her love is sought by three contenders: the chief of the Konahar clan, the heir to the feudal throne and the simple blacksmith Gou. From the very beginning, the knot of all intrigue is tied , which , starting with a domestic altercation between Konahar and Gou and Rothsey's attempts to infiltrate the heroine's house at night.[citation needed] .... [ ] Slowly growing , CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the struggle of clans and feuds of feudal lords [ CM [ Entering the political arena in two events in Scottish history Borrowed from the Chronicles. Scott's stories were written by him and published in the last years of his life. In 1827. In Edinburgh, Cadell's publisher published two small volumes, entitled "The Canongate Chronicle" ....... This two-volume book, the so-called first series of the "Kanongate Chronicle" (as the second series a year later was published the novel "The Perth Beauty"), concluded with the stories "The Highlander's Widow", "Two Banders" and a small novel "The Doctor's Daughter" ....... The stories "The Mirror of Aunt Margaret" and "The Room with Tapestry" were published the following year in the illustrated Kipsek Almanac.