SIR WALTER SCOTT: A LIFE IN STORY

Walter Scott was obsessed from childhood with the traditional Border tales and the exploits of his forebears. Narrative was vital to his sense of place and sense of self, and his novels and poems reveal his view of history and the influences that made him. This book examines the stories which went into Scott, those which he produced himself, and (being a man who was constantly reinventing himself and his country), the stories told about him by himself and others. All have contributed to his legend and his achievement.