Scott, Walter 1771-1832

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott ( Book )
2,108 editions published between 1033 and 2013 in 33 languages and held by 18,357 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade

Kenilworth by Walter Scott ( Book )
946 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 15 languages and held by 8,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tragic story of the secret marriage of Amy Robsart to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite and potential consort of the Queen, is imbued with the drama of Tudor England, its exuberance of spirit, vigor of language, violence and treachery, ostentation and gaiety, shifts and stratagems, and above all, its pervading sense of transience. Steeped in and engrossed by historic England, Scott relished the opportunity to create a pageant of Elizabethan life. From the swashbuckling Lambourne to the Machiavellian Varney, from the vacillating Leicester to Amy and the Queen herself, Scott grasps something of the passions of Marlowe, the histrionics of Kyd and the cynicism of Marston. Kenilworth comes as close to the theatrical and the melodramatic as Rob Roy or The Bride of Lammermoor, and Scott's sheer zest in writing is there for any reader to enjoy

Rob Roy by Walter Scott ( Book )
811 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 15 languages and held by 7,436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Frank Osbaldistone, goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt owed to his father, he falls in love and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite politics of the time

Quentin Durward by Walter Scott ( Book )
886 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 5,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel, set in 15th century France, about a young knight of the Scottish Guards who saves the King's life in a boar hunt and wins the hand of his beautiful daughter, Isabella

The lady of the lake, and other poems by Walter Scott ( Book )
699 editions published between 1800 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 5,706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Verzameling balladen van de Brits-Schotse dichter en romanschrijver (1771-1832)

The bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott ( Book )
395 editions published between 1819 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 5,334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are frustrated by the complexities of the legal and political situations following the 1707 Act of Union, and by his passion for his enemy's beautiful daughter Lucy. First published in 1819, this intricate and searching romantic tragedy offers challenging insights into emotional and sexual politics, and demonstrates the shrewd way in which Scott presented his work as historical document, entertainment, and work of art

The heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott ( Book )
620 editions published between 1800 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 5,209 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Heart of Mid-Lothian is precisely focused on the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737. Yet it is a chronicle - Scott's only chronicle - which spans the eighty years of the life of David Deans, whose death takes place in 1751. It is the most complex of all Scott's narratives. It is also the most challenging in that it raises in an acute fashion the problem of a judicial system that does not produce justice. Scott places this fundamental issue in its immediate political context, in history as represented by the life of Deans, and alongside the justice of Providence as perceived by his daughter Jeanie, the greatest of Scott's heroines." "This edition of The Heart of Mid-Lothian provides a new text established in accordance with the tried policies and practices of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, and in its annotation treats comprehensively the novel's historical, legal, religious and cultural sources."--BOOK JACKET

Guy Mannering by Walter Scott ( Book )
295 editions published between 1771 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 3,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On the night Harry Bertram is born, astrologer Guy Mannering, a house guest of the Bertrams, predicts young Harry's future. Five years later, Mannering's prophecy is fulfilled, and Harry is kidnapped by plotters who want to rob him of his inheritance. Scott's gripping tale follows Harry's battle through the years to claim his rightful inheritance

The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with the author's introduction and notes by Walter Scott ( Book )
587 editions published between 1800 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 3,504 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The antiquary by Walter Scott ( Book )
511 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 3,440 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Published in 1816, and set during the wars with revolutionary France, this novel Scott's personal favorite of all his works features a mysterious young man, Lovel, whose arrival at the Scottish seaside town of Fairport exposes long-buried secrets and crimes involving the guilt-ridden Earl of Glenallan and a beautiful young woman, Isabella Wardour