Walter Scott

The Author of Waverley in His Study. ' Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt (1771-1832)was a Scottish novelist and poet. He was an immensely successful writer before turning to the great historical romances for which he is now best known. Works like Waverley (1814) and Rob Roy (1817) had a seminal impact on the creation of Scotland's national identity. A passionate Tory, a proud landowner and a co-founder of the Quarterly Review, with Byron, Scott was among the most popular and commercially successful writers of his age. Some faint marks and soiling in margins.