Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston, has been entirely
re-edited from his final manuscript, revealing a rather different novel
from the bowdlerised version produced posthumously by his friends.
Stevenson revisits the conflicted Scotland of James Hogg and Sir Walter
Scott as well as that of his own youth, but also responds to recently
published novels. A substantial essay explores the complex early
publication history of the novel on both sides of the Atlantic, and
exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information
are provided.