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In the 19th century, the worlds best known writer was probably Sir Walter Scott, who was one of the first writers to have a following across the globe in his lifetime. The Scottish writer still pops up in literature classes across the world, with people instantly familiar with titles like Ivanhoe, The...

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is a collection of Border ballads compiled by Walter Scott, first published in three volumes in 1802 and 1803. It is not to be confused with his long poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel.

Ivanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott published in 1820 and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalis.     John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages,"...

OLD MORTALITY, Volume 1, by Sir Walter Scott.

This edition includes the essential poetical works by Sir Walter Scott. These are: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field The Lady Of The Lake The Vision of Don Roderick Rokeby The Bridal of Triermain: Or the Vale of St. John The Lord Of The Isles

A Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime,[1] with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics...

Castle Dangerous (1831) was the last of Walter Scott's novels published in his lifetime. The story is set in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire around 1306, shortly after the death of William Wallace during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Lady Augusta has promised to marry Sir John de Walton provided...

The Vision of Don Roderick is a poem by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1811. It celebrated the recent victories of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War, and proceeds of its sale were to raise funds for Portugal. It is based on an account given by Ginés Pérez de Hita of a legendary consultation of an oracle by the last Visigothic King of Spain, Roderic, around 711.

"Freely Translated into German from the English of Sir Walter Scott." And Now Freely Translated from the German into English.

"The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805) is a long narrative poem by Walter Scott. Scott had spent considerable time in compiling a collection of traditional ballads. He began The Lay of the Last Minstrel in 1802 and intended it as part of The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Scott...

Walter Scott, the ninth of a family of twelve children, was born at Edinburgh in August, 1771. His first consciousness of existence dated from the time when he was sent, a lame, delicate child, to Sandyknowe, the residence of his paternal grandfather. Here he “was often carried out and laid down...

Rokeby (1813) is a narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott. It is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War. At Oswald's instigation Bertram makes an attempt on the life of Philip, which he mistakenly thinks has succeeded, and an attack on Rokeby Castle, in which the castle is set...

Ivanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1820 in three volumes and subtitled A Romance.Ivanhoe, set in 12th-century England, is sometimes credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott...

Ivanhoe (1/4) by Sir Walter Scott.