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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. Educated for the law, he obtained the office of sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire in 1799 and in 1806 the office of clerk of session, a post whose duties he fulfilled for some twenty-five years.

Scott's lifelong interest in Scottish antiquity and the ballads which recorded Scottish history led him to try his hand at narrative poems of adventure and action. The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810) made his reputation as one of the leading poets of his time. Then, in 1814, he anonymously published his first novel, Waverley. Subsequent novels appeared with the note "by the author of Waverley"; hence his novels are often called collectively "the Waverley novels." Some of the most famous of these are Old Mortality (1816), Rob Roy (1817), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821), and Quentin Durward (1823). In recognition of his literary work, Scott was made a baronet in 1819. During his last years he held various official positions and published biographies, editions of Swift and Dryden, tales, lyric poetry, and various studies of history and antiquity. He died in 1832.

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	From Glencoe to Stirling Rob Roy, The Highlanders, and Scotland's Chivalric Age Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Volume 3 by Sir Walter Scott from Cumberland House Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from Bantam Books Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ivanhoe Signet Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Signet Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from Dover Publications Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from International Collectors Library for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover 200th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Heritage Press Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ivanhoe Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott, edited by Graham Tulloch from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $12.00
	Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Easton Press Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Leather Bound Collectible Books (Location: VIN-LEA)
	Ivanhoe Windermere Series 4 by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ivanhoe Windermere Series 1 by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ivanhoe Windermere Series 2 by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ivanhoe Windermere Series 3 by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ivanhoe (adapted) by Sir Walter Scott, adapted by Marianna Mayer and illustrated by John Rush from Chronicle Books in Adapted or Abridged (Location: SER-ABR)
	Kenilworth Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, edited with notes by William J. Rolfe from Houghton Mifflin for 9th-Adult in Vintage Poetry (Location: VIN-POET) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Lady of the Lake The Students' Series of English Classics by Sir Walter Scott, edited with introduction and notes by James Arthur Tufts from Leach, Shewell & Sanborn for 9th-Adult in Vintage Poetry (Location: VIN-POET) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Rob Roy Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.00
	Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Series by Sir Walter Scott from Cumberland House Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Talisman Adventures in History Series by Sir Walter Scott from A Beka Books Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade in A Beka Book Report books (Location: REA-ABK) $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Talisman by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated by Federico Castellon from Easton Press Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Leather Bound Collectible Books (Location: VIN-LEA)
	Talisman International Collector's Library by Sir Walter Scott from International Collectors Library for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Waverley Penguin Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Penguin Classics Historical Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.00
	Waverly Novels - Complete 36-volume set by Sir Walter Scott for 11th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $295.00 (1 in stock)
	Waverly or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott from Heritage Press for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)

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