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A brilliant and very readable critical biography of, according to the author, 'the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century'. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize. 'I have...

Author: Walter James ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Wear to dust jacket in form of tanning...

Definitive text in paperback IVANHOE (1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his first attempt to combine history and romance, which...

'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become a great mathematician, I strayed instead into the foothills...

The book titled Sir Walter Scott: His Life and Personality by the author Hesketh Pearson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'ANDREW MILLER'S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT' Hilary Mantel 'ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND' Sunday Times Winner of the Highland...

What if historical fiction were understood as a disfiguring of calculus? Or poems enacting the formation and breakdown of community as expositions of irrational numbers? What if, in other words,...

Author: Adrian Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become...

Based on the authoritative Edinburgh text which returns to the first edition of 1815 and manuscript Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places...

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An historical novel set in the late seventeenth century in Glasgow and London. This portrait of Rob Roy MacGregor shows the feudal world of the Highlands withering away under the...

Author: Walter JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: THE HAWTHORN PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark of Australian memoir and social commentary, Ants in...

Scott's invigorating tale of Rob Roy and the battle between the English and the Scotts When young Francis Osbaldistone discovers that his vicious and scheming cousin Rashleigh has designs both...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on block, pages otherwise fineAnts in the Honey presents Walter...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the shadow of Edinburgh's most infamous prison, a young woman's courage becomes her only weapon against an unjust world. The Heart...

Author: David HewittBinding: HardbackPublished: Scottish Academic Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work presents a unique and intimate portrait of Sir Walter Scott, compiled from his...

Life on our planet as you've never seen it before **WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set...

The new paperback series: Penguin English Library 'Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives!' Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard...

Author: VariousBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Masterpiece Library Review of Reviews, London, 1895Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series - 2: Marmion:...

'ANDREW MILLER'S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT' Hilary Mantel 'ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND' Sunday Times Winner of the Highland...

Scott's bestselling first novel: a tale of the wild Scottish highlands and loyalty to Bonnie Prince Charley The first romantic historical novel and international bestseller, Waverley (1814) tells the story...

From the multi-award-winning author - a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl's battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna **WINNER OF...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the turbulent backdrop of sixteenth-century Scotland during the Protestant Reformation, this sweeping historical romance chronicles the lives of two brothers...

Author: Walter JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: GEORGIAN HOUSE, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsUnknown

A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by...

Edition: 571/1000Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of historical fiction, Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since chronicles the journey of Edward Waverley, a young English...

The best of nineteenth-century 'fantastic' literature From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These...

A new edition of Hogg's haunting tale of a devilish doppleganger, edited and introduced by Hogg's celebrated biographer Karl Miller. Brought up by a strict Calvinist pastor, Robert Wringham believes...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical biography, James Cook: His Early Life And The Endeavour Voyage, chronicles the...

Author: Tom PocockBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and minor damage on edges of...

Part of the series of Waverley Novels published by Penguin based on the acclaimed scholarship of the Edinburgh Editions. In the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,...

From the multi-award-winning author - a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl's battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna **WINNER OF...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of historical biography and imperial history, this volume chronicles the life and ambitions of Sir Walter Ralegh against...

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"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's publication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Stevenson's letters from the years 1885-87 are...

The ultimate showbiz insider's expose, Howling at the Moon is the wildly entertaining and brilliantly narrated autobiography of Walter Yetnikoff, head of CBS Records during its heyday in the 1980s,...

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Author: Simon Mawer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 'Utterly absorbing, cleverly constructed and beautifully written' The Times 'Moving and exhilarating'...

'Absolutely brilliant. Ellen Lark is unforgettable' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward 'Vivid. Eloquent. Offers insight as well as delight' Guardian Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she...

'Eloquent, impressive . . . while her touch is witty, her manner almost buoyant, her themes are sinister beyond belief. She touches the frontiers of the human' Hilary Mantel Boston,...

A gripping thriller based on true story of an Irish priest in the Vatican who smuggled victims of the Nazis out of Italy under the nose of his SS officer...

Author: Simon Mawer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at...