The six candidates who headed the poll were Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Charles Lamb, Socrates, Sir Walter Scott ... red hand,’ but it was Scott who, in the same novel, put the adjective ...
The manuscript will be on display at the free Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh from March Sir Walter Scott's manuscript of his novel Rob Roy is set to go on ...
The mansion near Edinburgh is where Ivanhoe author Sir Walter Scott lived for six years and it was the scene of the infamous ...
A bid is being made to boost the "international appeal" of Sir Walter Scott ... about the author. Prof Ali Lumsden, director of the university's Walter Scott research centre and honorary librarian ...
A white marble bust of eminent novelist Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey in 1897 by the Duke of Buccleuch. It was the gift of a group of Scott's admirers and is a copy ...
To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, author Damian Barr goes in search of the legacy and lasting influence of one of Scotland’s great historical figures, novelists and ...