Sir Walter ScottFor this novel, Scott moved far away from the setting of his own turbulent time. He went back to the late 12th century, and to England rather than...

Sir Walter Scott  Romance and Adventure! King Richard the Lion-Hearted. . . Robin Hood. . . the fair princess Rowena. . . the bewitching Rebecca. . . and the most...

Sir Walter Scott Quentin Durward (1823), Scott's first "European" novel, was an experiment in transferring the historical romance to foreign soil. Fifteenth-century France, the French Revolution, and contemporary Britain all...