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In a Free Thinking Landmark on Walter Scott's Waverley, Rana Mitter reflects on the writer and the books which helped the ... envied by Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott wrote into existence many ...

Sir Walter Scott: £1m project to shed new light on ... but the book was marketed as "written by the author of the Waverley novels". Rob Roy sold out. As one of Sir Walter's most popular novels ...