Twelve of the best historical novelists ... The settings of the longlisted novels span centuries, and even millennia, right ...

Sir Walter Scott publishes the novel Waverley. It is a roaring success ... Read more. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be ...

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The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in May. The winner will ...

In a Free Thinking Landmark on Walter Scott's Waverley, Rana Mitter reflects on the writer and the books which ... then a best-selling novelist, envied by Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott wrote ...