Walter - Libros y biografía

The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two Tales of the Crusaders, the second being The Talisman. Parts of the novel were incorporated into Francesco Maria Piave's libretto...

Famed for his singular prose style as much as for his controversial aestheticist principles, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was one of the great essayists in a century of great essayistic writing. His first...

Atlântida - As Testemunhas, por Walter Parks Os documentos antigos, artefactos e as remanescências da Atlântida provam que a Atlântida existiu, na realidade. Muitas pessoas acreditavam que a Atlântida...

These stories, rich with the passion and drama which characterises all of Walter Macken's writing, were conceived by the author as a thematic collection, providing a stunning evocation of the life and...

In 1947, when India achieved independence, Britain portrayed the transfer of power as the outcome of decades, even centuries, of responsible planning – the honourable discharge of an historic responsibility....

The troubles of mid-seventeenth-century Scotland were the final episode in a long revolutionary process which had begun more than a century earlier. The changes of the intervening years – most of them...

Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler's credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed 'peace in our time'.This is a magisterial reappraisal...

Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon - 'a history book for Scots'....

Walter Scott's 'Waverly' is a historical novel set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 in Scotland. The book is known for its vivid depictions of the Scottish landscape and its intricate exploration...

Walter Scott's 'Tales of My Landlord' is a collection of all seven novels in one edition, beautifully illustrated to bring the tales to life. Each novel showcases Scott's distinctive literary style, characterized...

Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe' is a classic historical novel set in 12th-century England, rich with themes of chivalry, honor, and political intrigue. The book follows the adventures of the titular character,...

In 'The Complete Autobiographical Writings of Sir Walter Scott,' readers are given a rare insight into the life and thoughts of one of the most influential authors in literary history. Scott's literary...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Ivanhoe + Old Mortality (Illustrated): 2 Unabridged Classics" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Ivanhoe is a novel by Sir Walter...

Walter Scott's 'The Pirate' is a gripping adventure novel based on a true story set in the late 17th century, exploring the themes of love, betrayal, and redemption amidst the tumultuous seas of the North...

As Hobbie Elliot and Patrick Earnscliff went across the Liddesdale hills of the Scottish Borders, going to Hobbies home, the moon suddenly revealed the figure of a human dwarf, who, on being spoken to,...

A Legend of Montrose takes place during the Earl of Montrose's Highland campaign on behalf of King Charles I. The story deals with a love triangle between Allan M'Aulay, his friend the Earl of Menteith,...

A young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt, Lord Glenvarloch, travels to London in order to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to use the money to pay off a mortgage on his estate, but...

The origin of "Old Mortality," perhaps the best of Scott's historical romances, is well known. In May, 1816, Mr. Joseph Train, the gauger from Galloway, breakfasted with Scott in Castle Street. He brought...

Set just after the English Civil War, the novel is inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal...

Tales of my Landlord is a series of novels by Sir Walter Scott that form a subset of the Waverley Novels. Of these novels, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor have been the most successful...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs & Articles" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)...

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Waverley + Guy Mannering + The Antiquary (3 Unabridged and fully Illustrated Classics with Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang)" is formatted for your eReader with...

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The Heart of Midlothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the...

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Jonathan Oldbuck is an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. While taking a coach from Edinburgh, he meets young Mr. William Lovel, who is interested as he is in...

Fair Catharine Glover, daughter of a glovemaker in Perth, kisses Henry, the armourer, while he is sleeping, on Valentine's Day. Catharine has also caught the eye of the Duke of Rothesay, and on St Valentine's...

Peveril of the Peak is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott's English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678. Julian...