"Waverley" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1814. Edward Waverley, a young English officer, travels to Scotland on the eve of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Visiting family friends, he discovers they support the exiled prince Charles Edward Stuart's claim to the throne. Torn between loyalty to the Crown and attraction to the romantic Jacobite cause, Waverley must navigate treacherous political waters where his choices will determine his fate as rebellion erupts across the Highlands.