From Gileskirk to Greyfriars: Knox, Buchanan, and the Heroes of Scotland's Reformation
This volume includes stories of Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox and the heroes of Scotland's reformation. Scott marshals all his narrative power for the sake of love - love of family, place and legacy.
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Book details
- Author
- Walter Scott
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 288
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Tales of a Scottish Grandfather
- Subjects
- History › Europe
- Topics
- Scottish history · John Knox · Mary Queen of Scots · Scottish heritage · 16th century Scotland
- ISBN-13
- 9781581821284 (Paperback)9781684423583 (Hardcover)
About the author
WALTER SCOTT was a Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer whose output spanned twenty-seven novels, five major works of epic poetry, three biographies, and fourteen histories, among other collections. His works include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Waverley.
Scott trained as a lawyer at the University of Edinburgh and served as Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire and Clerk of Session. He is recognized as the founder of the historical novel.
Scott spent his later years at his estate, Abbotsford, in Scotland, where he died on September 21, 1832. He was born in Edinburgh on August 14, 1771.