Sir Walter Scott: The best-selling author who shaped society and saved the Scottish bank note. We collect information on how quizzes are used so we can make them even better.

Sir Walter Scott. By Thomas Sergeant Perry. ... Kings and queens, peasants and adventurers, he knew how to describe admirably, but what may be called every-day society people he drew less well.

The author was widely believed to be Sir Walter Scott, at the time better known for his poetry — of the “Oh, what a tangled web we weave” variety. “Waverley” was something new for Scott.

Monday marked 200 years since the publication of Waverley , a novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), an event of genuine artistic and intellectual significance.

And it raises the notion of how, without Scott’s looming presence in 19th century Scottish society, countless buildings – some of which have become national favourites - might have looked ...

Sir Walter Scott’s desk seal expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction ... and the Ivanhoe author will have sent off many a note to the great and good of society which were sealed with the tool.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, the Buccleuch Living ...

It is also known that, in 1817, Irving visited Sir Walter Scott at his home in Abbotsford, Scotland, and apparently sang Gratz’s praises to the British writer.

Scott’s living people come from the North Country; they do not come from the highest society. But these are their only common attributes. They cannot be grouped into categories.