Monastery

England, second half of the 16th century. Religious passions and other feuds with Scotland continue to rage on the island. The children of “bluebeard” Henry VIII Tudor, who once wanted to wipe Edinburgh off the face of the earth, do not really know what to do next. The English throne, like a pawn, moves from corner to corner, from heir to heir: Edward, Mary, Elizabeth. When the earth is burning under your feet and your head is spinning, there is no better place to find a quiet monastery. The English knight Sir Piercy Shafton arrives in a remote Scottish monastery. The goal of this brave barbel is simple, like a blade in a sheath or a diamond in a case - he needs to hide for a while. But the villainous fate is preparing a million slingshots and squiggles for him. And what kind! Well, old Piercy, hang in there!

The next volume of “Masters of Adventure” includes Walter Scott’s wildly twisted and multi-plot novel “The Monastery” - a book in which the great Scot allowed himself unprecedented audacity - to mix realism with mysticism, history with fantasy. Without any discounts or halftones. The publication contains one and a half hundred original illustrations from the masters of ancient book graphics.