Walter Scott

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Walter Scott
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• 1771-1832
• Son of a lawyer, became a lawyer also
• In early childhood he suffered from poliomyleitis
  which left him lame
• Lived for some years with his aunt at Sandyknowe

Sir Walter Scott
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Sandyknowe, seen from the ruins of Smailholm Tower
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The Old Town of Edinburgh
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Scottish Highlands
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Scotts literary career

• At the age of 25 translations from German
  (Bürgers ballads)
• The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border(a
  collection of Scottish ballads)
• Poetry ,The Lay of the Last Minstrel, The
  Lady of the Lake, Marmion
• Co-founder and contributor of the Quarterly
  review
• Historical novels

Abbotsford House
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The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto 6, XII
And then he took the cross divine (Where the
sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,) And died for
her sake in Palestine So Love was still the lord
of all! Now all ye lovers that faithful prove,
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,) Pray
for their souls who died for love, For Love
shall still be lord of all!
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The Scott Monument, Edinburgh
Historical novels
Waverley his first novel Rob Roy a
realistic novel about the life in the Highlands
in the 18. century
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The Talisman the adventures of a Scottish
Knight during the Third Crusade.
The ruins of Ascalon
King Richard the Lionheart
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• Published in 1820
• Set in England, in 12. Century
• Increased popular interest in the Middle Ages

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Sources

• http//www.jamessmithnoelcollection.org/images/sir
  20walter20scott.jpg
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott
• http//www.picturesofedinburgh.com/pictures/oldtow
  n/oldtown-viewfromscott1.jpg
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands
• http//www.gardenvisit.com/garden/abbotsford_house
  
• http//en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Lay_of_the_Last_
  Minstrel/Canto_6
• http//img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n5/n2963
  3.jpg
• http//www.e-booksemporium.com/images/10132-1.jpg
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Roy_28novel29
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monastery
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talisman_28Scott
  _novel29
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lionheart