Fairmaid's House Cufew Row Perth
The Fair Maid of Perth (or, as it less commonly known, St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in the 14th Century in Perth and other parts of Scotland. It was first published in May 15, 1828. The book was originally to have two other stories in the same volume: My Aunt Margaret's Mirror and The Death of the Laird's Jock, and was to have been titled St. Valentine's Eve The "Fair Maid" is Catharine Glover, daughter of a glovemaker in Perth, who kisses Henry Smith, the armorer, while he is sleeping, on Valentine's Day. Smith proposes marriage, and although Catharine refuses at first, she marries him at the end of the book. There is a parallel plot concerning the romance of Prince David, the son of Robert III of Scotland, and Louise the Glee-Maiden. In the novel, the death of David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay - which historically took place in 1402 - occurs the night before the Battle of the North Inch in 1396
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Location: Cufew Row Perth City Tayside Scotland
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