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sir walter scott
Operas based on this author's works include "Il Talismano", "Il Templario" & "La Prigione d'Edimburgo"
Trivia about sir walter scott
The home of this "Ivanhoe" author is a tourist attraction in Abbotsford, Scotland
In a slump, Irving went to Scotland where this novelist encouraged him to keep writing
One of his novels includes the line "Ye maun Ken, the laird there bought a' thir beasts frae me to munt his troop"
He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh
Highland raiders known as the Children of the Mist wreak havoc in "The Legend of Montrose" by this 19th c. author
A steamer named for this "Lady of the Lake" author plies its trade on Loch Katrine
Already a successful poet, in 1814 he started his career as a novelist with a tale of the Highlands
Scotsman whose novel, "The Bride of Lammermoor" inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Born in Edinburgh in 1771, he's considered the first major historical novelist
King Louis XI of France is a major character in this Scotsman's 1823 novel "Quentin Durward"
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park.) Central Park's Literary Walk features Robert Burns & this great novelist & countryman, both sculpted by John Steell of Aberdeen
Following the release of his masterpieces "Rob Roy" & "The Heart of Midlothian", he was made a baronet in 1820
In 1806 this author became clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh
The defense of Douglas Castle in 1306 is the subject of this Edinburgh native's 1832 novel "Castle Dangerous"
This Scot is buried at Dryburgh Abbey near a view he so loved that his horses paused there on the way to his funeral
In 1827 it was finally revealed that this Edinburgh native had written the "Waverley Novels"
The monument to this novelist, seen here, is one of the most famous landmarks in Edinburgh
Ellen Douglas is the title character of this Scottish author's "The Lady of the Lake"
This "Scottish Poet" & historian was elected a baronet in 1820
Richard Middlemas gets crushed by an elephant in "The Surgeon's Daughter", an 1827 tale by this Edinburgher
The Trossachs, a wooded valley in Scotland, is featured in this author's "Rob Roy" & "Lady of the Lake"
Madge Wildfire is the mad daughter of a midwife in this Scotsman's 1818 novel "The Heart of Midlothian"
The works of this novelist & poet inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor", "La Donna del Lago" & "La Jolie Fille de Perth"
World Book calls him "The 1st novelist to portray peasant characters sympathetically"
British Romantics included Wordsworth in England &, north of the border, this "Lady of the Lake" author
A real Edinburgh prison nicknamed "The Heart of Midlothian" is featured in his 1818 novel of the same name
In 1822, when this author organized a royal visit to Edinburgh, he wore a kilt & got George IV to sport one also
A Cavalier falls in love with a Roundhead's daughter in "Peveril of the Peak" by this "Ivanhoe" author
Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone is the hard-drinking lord of Osbaldistone Hall in this man's novel "Rob Roy"
In 1803 he finished writing "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border"
In 1827 this Edinburgher came out & said, "That hugely popular 'Waverley' novel, I wrote it"