<P> Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee published on July 14 , 2015 , by HarperCollins in the United States and Willam Heinemann in the United Kingdom . Although written before her first and only other published novel , the Pulitzer Prize - winning To Kill a Mockingbird -- and initially promoted by its publisher as a sequel -- it is now more widely accepted as being a first draft of the famous novel . The title comes from Isaiah 21 : 6 : `` For thus hath the Lord said unto me , Go , set a watchman , let him declare what he seeth . '' It alludes to Jean Louise Finch 's view of her father , Atticus Finch , as the moral compass ( `` watchman '' ) of Maycomb , and has a theme of disillusionment , as she discovers the extent of the bigotry in her home community . </P>
<P> Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee published on July 14 , 2015 , by HarperCollins in the United States and Willam Heinemann in the United Kingdom . Although written before her first and only other published novel , the Pulitzer Prize - winning To Kill a Mockingbird -- and initially promoted by its publisher as a sequel -- it is now more widely accepted as being a first draft of the famous novel . The title comes from Isaiah 21 : 6 : `` For thus hath the Lord said unto me , Go , set a watchman , let him declare what he seeth . '' It alludes to Jean Louise Finch 's view of her father , Atticus Finch , as the moral compass ( `` watchman '' ) of Maycomb , and has a theme of disillusionment , as she discovers the extent of the bigotry in her home community . </P>
where does the phrase go set a watchman come from
where does the phrase go set a watchman come from
Isaiah 21 : 6
Isaiah 21 : 6