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Buchan vividly and affectionately describes the writer whose novels and poems made him the most popular author of his day. Scott was born in 1771 to a powerful Border family....

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: 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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the turbulent heart of eighteenth-century Edinburgh, a young woman's fate hangs on the thinnest thread of justice. The Heart of Midlothian chronicles the gripping...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThe Heart of Mid-Lothian chronicles the trials of John Porteous and Effie Deans in the 1736-1737 murder cases. It spans...

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...

'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...

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...

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: 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...

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...

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'...

The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are frustrated by the complexities 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,...

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: 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:...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 'Utterly absorbing, cleverly constructed and beautifully written' The Times 'Moving and exhilarating' Spectator 'Evokes the messiness and fragility of everyday life...

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...

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...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A rich intersection of literary criticism and psychological inquiry,...

'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...

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...

'Vivid. Eloquent. Offers insight as well as delight' Guardian 'An exquisite portrayal of the lonely dislocation of being deaf in a hearing world' The Times 'Absolutely brilliant. Ellen Lark is...

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...

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...

Reissue of the collected stories, now including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', the extraordinary fable of a man who lives his life backwards Encompassing the very best of F....

Eight years ago, while still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole. No such attempt had been made since...

It was a life of great happiness, for she grew to love her husband deeply. Her country home, her children, the London season and a tour abroad all brought joy...

Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017 Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017 Longlisted for...

Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.'Ed O'Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel' Ron Rash'A brilliant...

The book titled The Currency Lad by the author Bill Scott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: W.N. ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: The Jacaranda Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cloth in good condition. A sharp and unsentimental study of Australian society, Some People...

The Romantics lived through a turn of the century that seemed to mark an end to history as it had long been understood. They faced accelerated change, including unprecedented state...

Author: W. N. ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: WESTERN PLAINS PUBLISHERS, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Long & The Short & The Tall: A Collection Of Australian Yarns presents a...

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Fitzgerald's glittering Jazz Age masterpiece. Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, Gatsby longs only for...

Author: Andrew Greig Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 'A tale I have for you.' Embra, winter of 1574. Queen Mary has fled Scotland, to raise an army from the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFirst published in 1800, Castle Rackrent stands as a landmark in literary history — widely regarded as the first regional novel in the English...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This celebrated collection of short fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald presents some...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe unfinished masterpiece The Last Tycoon presents a poignant, incisive portrait of Hollywood's golden age through the eyes of its...