Sir Walter Scott

To know Sir Walter Scott as a man is as delightful and fruitful an experience as to appreciate the greatness of his books. In the bicentenary year of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's first novel Waverley , this is a timely republication of John Buchan's biography of Scott - one great storyteller exploring the life of another. Buchan's sympathetic treatment of Scott is perceptive, and his enthusiasm for Scott's work is infectious. Interspersed with superb extracts exhibiting Scott's storytel