 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Inguva yekumukira kwaJacobite kwa1745iyo yakatsvaka kudzorera umambo hwaStuart mumunhu waCharles Edward Stuart, aizivikanwa saBonnie Prince Charlie. Mumwe murume wechiduku wokuEngland anorota uye ari musoja, Edward Waverley, anotumirwa kuScotland gore iroro. Anofamba kuchamhembe achibva kumusha kwake kwemhuri yevanamambo, Waverley-Honour, kumaodzanyemba kweEngland, kutanga kuenda kuScottish Lowlands uye kumusha kweshamwari yemhuri Baron Bradwardine, ipapo kupinda muHighlands uye mumoyo wekupandukira nemigumisiro yacho. 