The Monastery Author:Sir Walter Scott, Penny Fielding Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humor. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts the monastery of Kennaquhair (a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott's own home at Abbotsford) on the ve... more »rge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order.« less