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Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

By Walter Scott

Cover of Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

Cover: A View of Tantallon Castle (c. 1816), oil on canvas by Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1840)

Lord Marmion, a knight of Henry VIII's court, carries a letter to the Scottish king, with a nun he has wronged hidden in his train, and rides to his death at the battle of Flodden in 1513. Each of Scott's six cantos opens with a verse letter to a friend.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Introduction to Canto First
  2. 2: CANTO FIRST. The Castle
  3. 3: Introduction to Canto Second
  4. 4: CANTO SECOND. The Convent
  5. 5: Introduction to Canto Third
  6. 6: CANTO THIRD. The Inn
  7. 7: Introduction to Canto Fourth
  8. 8: CANTO FOURTH. The Camp
  9. 9: Introduction to Canto Fifth
  10. 10: CANTO FIFTH. The Court
  11. 11: Introduction to Canto Sixth
  12. 12: CANTO SIXTH. The Battle