The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

Edinpain, painting of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland by Alexander Nasmyth, public domain image

Summary: An adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by Napoleon, and the book has remained very popular with Scottish children, but is equally enjoyable for adults. (Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Kikisaulite for Librivox)

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Total running time:  29 hours, 52 minutes

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Chapter 1  Scotland

Chapter 2  Lanark

Chapter 3  Ellerslie

Chapter 4  Corie Lynn

Chapter 5  Lanark Castle

Chapter 6  Cartlane Craigs

Chapter 7  Bothwell Castle

Chapter 8  Bothwell Chapel

Chapter 9  Bothwell Dungeon

Chapter 10  St. Filian’s

Scotch Highlands by Robert Scott Duncanson, public domain image

Chapter 11  The Chapter House

Chapter 12  Drumshargard

Chapter 13  Banks of the Clyde

Chapter 14  The Pentland Hills

Chapter 15  The Hut

Chapter 16  The Glen of Stones

Chapter 17  The Hermit’s Cell

Chapter 18  Cartlane Craigs, and Glenfinlass

Chapter 19  Craignacoheilg

Chapter 20  The Cliffs of Loch Lubnaig

Chapter 21  Loch Lomond

Chapter 22  Dumbarton Rock

Chapter 23  The Fortress

Chapter 24  The Great Tower

Scottish Landscape by Robert Scott Duncanson, public domain image

Chapter 25  The Citadel

Chapter 26  Renfrewshire

Chapter 27  The Fifth of Clyde

Chapter 28  Isle of Bute

Chapter 29  The Barns of Ayr

Chapter 30  The Barns of Ayr

Chapter 31  Berwick and the Tweed

Chapter 32  Stirling

Chapter 33  Cambus-Kenneth

Chapter 34  Stirling Castle

Chapter 35  Stirling Citadel

Chapter 36  The Carse of Stirling

Chapter 37  Snawdoun Palace

Chapter 38  The Bower, or Ladies’ Apartments

Chapter 39  Stirling Castle and Council Hall

Chapter 40  The Governor’s Apartments

Edinburgh Castle from the Foot of the Vennel, 1845, by Horatio McCulloch, public domain image

Chapter 41  The State Prison

Chapter 42  Chapel in Snawdoun

Chapter 43  The Carse of Stirling

Chapter 44  The Cheviots

Chapter 45  Lochmaben Castle

Chapter 46  Lammington

Chapter 47  Lammington

Chapter 48  Loch Awe

Chapter 49  Stanmore

Chapter 50  Stirling

Chapter 51  Stirling and Snawdoun

Chapter 52  Banks of the Forth

Chapter 53  Falkirk

Chapter 54  Carron Banks

Chapter 55  Church of Falkirk

Chapter 56  The Monastery

Chapter 57  Durham

Chapter 58  The Bishops’ Palace

Chapter 59  The Round Tower

Chapter 60  Gallic Seas

Chapter 61  Normandy

Chapter 62  The Widow’s Cell

Chapter 63  Chateau Galliard

Chapter 64  Forest of Vincennes

Chapter 65  Paris

Chapter 66  The Louvre

Chapter 67  Scotland

Chapter 68  Roslyn

Chapter 69  Roslyn Castle

Chapter 70  Berwick

Chapter 71  The Camp

Chapter 72  Stirling Castle

Chapter 73  Ballochgeich

Chapter 74  Arthur’s Seat

Chapter 75  Dalkeith

Chapter 76  Hawthorndean

The Trial of William Wallace at Westminster by Daniel Maclise, public domain

Chapter 77  Wallace’s Tent

Chapter 78  Banks of the Eske

Chapter 79  Lumloch

Chapter 80  Huntingtower

Chapter 81  The Thames

Chapter 82  The Tower of London

Chapter 83  The State Dungeon

Chapter 84  Tower Hill

Chapter 85  The Warden’s Apartments

Chapter 86  Highgate

Chapter 87  Scotland–Dumfries

Stirling Castle, photo by Finlay McWalter, published by the author under GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later

Chapter 88  Stirling

Chapter 89  Bannockburn

Chapter 90  Appendix

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