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Wales in the reign of Henry II: a Norman lord goes on crusade and leaves his betrothed to hold a castle on the marches, with her father's Welsh enemies below and a kinsman inside who is not to be trusted. Scott wrote it under his own shadow — anonymous, prolific, and by then in debt — and it is his only novel of the Welsh border. Fifty-four plates by painters including Daniel Maclise and Henry Dawson range across ruined castles and historic scenes, matching the novel's own landscape of siege and divided loyalty.
Wales in the reign of Henry II: a Norman lord goes on crusade and leaves his betrothed to hold a castle on the marches, with her father's Welsh enemies below and a kinsman inside who is not to be trusted. Scott wrote it under his own shadow — anonymous, prolific, and by then in debt — and it is h...
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Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet born in Edinburgh, lamed by polio as a child. He published his novels anonymously for years, invented the historical novel as a form, and wrote himself out of a printing-house bankruptcy that would have ruined most men. His works include Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and The Heart of Mid-Lothian.
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet born in Edinburgh, lamed by polio as a child. He published his novels anonymously for years, invented the historical novel as a form, and wrote himself out of a printing-house bankruptcy that would have ruined most men. His works include W...
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