Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 1821). Including a detailed review of the French Revolution, Scott focuses on Napoleon's legacy to France and his military...
Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth...
Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 1821). Including a detailed review of the French Revolution, Scott focuses on Napoleon's legacy to France and his military...
Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth...
Sir Walter Scotts Roman, erschienen 1823, fhrt uns ins Frankreich des 15. Jahrhunderts an den Hof von Knig Ludwig XI. Der Held, ein junger schottischer Adliger, verdingt sich als Bogenschtze beim Knig und gewinnt dessen Vertrauen. Der Regent schickt ihn als Begleiter der Grfin Isabelle de Croye nach Liege. Nach atemberaubenden Abenteuern fhrt Quentin Durward seinen Auftrag aus und gewinnt das Herz der Grfin.Im Auftrag des Knigs ist ein echtes Abenteuerbuch, das nicht nur jungen Lesern einen Einblick in die damalige Zeit ermglicht und das zugleich ein wunderbares Lesevergngen bietet.
Sir Walter Scotts Roman, erschienen 1823, fhrt uns ins Frankreich des 15. Jahrhunderts an den Hof von Knig Ludwig XI. Der Held, ein junger schottische...
His Waverley novels brought Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) great international fame in his own day. Many modern readers, however, find them too daunting, perhaps because of their considerable length. The aim of this volume is to introduce the general reader to Scott's prose fiction through his highly accessible short stories. These include the straightforward horror stories My Aunt Margaret's Mirror and The Tapestried Chamber and the masterly Wandering Willie's Tale with its weird expedition to Hell, told in broad Scots. The Highland Widow and The Two Drovers mirror the themes of some of...
His Waverley novels brought Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) great international fame in his own day. Many modern readers, however, find them too daunting...
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745) was born in Dublin and studied at the city's Trinity College. He gained his B.A. in 1686 before going to England where he took a Master's degree at Oxford in 1692. Subsequently, Swift lived between England and Ireland for a number of years. He moved permanently from England in 1714 after the Tory party he supported lost power. Back in Ireland as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, he turned his talents to supporting Irish causes. During this period he wrote some of his best work, including Gulliver's Travels, the satirical masterpiece which has been...
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745) was born in Dublin and studied at the city's Trinity College. He gained his B.A. in 1686 before going to England where he t...
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745) was born in Dublin and studied at the city's Trinity College. He gained his B.A. in 1686 before going to England where he took a Master's degree at Oxford in 1692. Subsequently, Swift lived between England and Ireland for a number of years. He moved from England in 1714 after the Tory party he supported lost power. Back in Ireland as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, he turned his talents to supporting Irish causes. During this period he wrote some of his best work, including Gulliver's Travels, the satirical masterpiece which has been continuously in print...
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745) was born in Dublin and studied at the city's Trinity College. He gained his B.A. in 1686 before going to England where he t...
The International Short Stories series is a collection of writings of internationally renowned authors. This volume, Stories from England, includes Scott and Dickens, Kipling and Crockett, Hawkins, Russell, Reade, Collins and many more. THE TWO DROVERS By Sir Walter Scott MR. DEUCEACE By W. M. Thackeray THE BROTHERS Edward Bulmer Lytton DOCTOR MANETTES MANUSCRIPT By Charles Dickens THE CALDRON OF OIL By Wilkie Collins THE BURIAL OF THE TITHE By Samuel Lover THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE MYSTERY By Charles Reade THE COURTING OF DINAH SHADD By Rudyard Kipling THE SIRE DE MALETROITS DOOR By R. L....
The International Short Stories series is a collection of writings of internationally renowned authors. This volume, Stories from England, includes Sc...
The work of the poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) frequently reflected his interest in Scottish history, and he is regarded as having written some of the most influential historical fiction of the nineteenth century. His literary works include the poem The Lady of the Lake and the novels Waverley and Ivanhoe. Originally published in two volumes in 1814 17, this one-volume reissue is a work of non-fiction that illuminates Border history as revealed through architecture and artefacts. Scott was not the sole author, but his substantial introduction sets the historical scene for the...
The work of the poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) frequently reflected his interest in Scottish history, and he is regarded as having wri...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is one of the best-loved Scottish writers. Beginning with a series of poetry collections and nonfiction works, Scott quickly became known as a rising force in British letters. But it was with the publication of Waverley (1814), the first of a series of sixteen bestselling historical novels known collectively as the Waverley novels, that the writer established himself as a literary icon. Such works as Guy Mannering, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and Kenilworth, among many others, are still widely read today, and have never been out-of-print. S. Fowler Wright here provides a...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is one of the best-loved Scottish writers. Beginning with a series of poetry collections and nonfiction works, Scott quic...
