Old Mortality

Old Mortality

First edition title page
Author	Walter Scott
Language	English, Lowland Scots
Series	Waverley Novels; Tales of my Landlord (1st series)
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	William Blackwood, (Edinburgh); John Murray (London)
Publication date	2 December 1816[1]
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print
Pages	353 (Edinburgh Edition, 1993)
Preceded by	The Black Dwarf
Followed by	Rob Roy

Old Mortality is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of his Tales of My Landlord (1816). The novel deals with the period of the Covenanters, featuring their victory at Loudoun Hill (also known as the Battle of Drumclog) and their defeat at Bothwell Bridge, both in June 1679; a final section is set in 1689 at the time of the royalist defeat at Killiecrankie.

Scott's original title was The Tale of Old Mortality, but this is generally shortened in most references.