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Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is famous for his poetry and historical romances such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy. As the first English-language author to achieve truly international fame in his lifetime, his depiction of Scottish history and culture spread around the world so effectively that it persists even today. Scott also contributed to Scottish history himself: in 1818 he helped to unearth Scotland's missing crown jewels, and he also led the campaign that saved the Scottish banknote when the London Parliament threatened its existence. First published in 1878 in the first series of 'English Men of Letters', this biography by the journalist Richard H. Hutton (1826–97) tells Scott's story from his childhood and ancestry, through his early years as an advocate to his extraordinary fame and success as a writer, through bankruptcy to recovery, and his final days.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Sir Walter Scott
• Author: Richard Holt Hutton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• EAN: 9781108034678
• ISBN: 1108034675
• ID: 02056796
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 25 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. October 2011

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