The Lord of the Isles
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The Lord of the Isles is a narrative poem by Walter Scott in six cantos with substantial notes. Set in 1307 and 1314 Scotland it covers the story of Robert the Bruce from his return from exile in Irel
Title page of 1st edition
Bruce addresses his troops on the field of Bannockburn
Waverley (novel)
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Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Scott was already famous as a poet, and chose to publish Waverley anonymously in 1814 as his first venture into prose fictio
First Edinburgh edition
Disbanded, Waverley in Highland garb, illustration to 1893 edition, by J Pettie.
Depicts Edward Waverley leaving his father's home of Waverley Honour on horseback (Waverley, ch. 2).
Steel engraving by C. Heath after a drawing by P. De Wint of a scene relating to Scott's novel Waverley. 1832. The University of Edinburgh Collections.