Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive. - Walter Scott
" "Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.
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About Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian popular throughout Europe during his time. He had a major impact on European and American literature. As an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829). His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre and as an exemplar of European Romanticism.
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Also Known As:
Border Minstrel
Alternative Names:
Walter Skott
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Jedediah Cleishbotham
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Laurence Templeton
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Somnambulus
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Malachi Malagrowther
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Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
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Sir Walter Scott
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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet
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Great Magician
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The Great Unknown
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Walter Sir Scott
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Wizard of the North
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