William Sharp wrote several books adopting the persona of Fiona Macleod. While more collections of loosely linked tales than novels, two worth considering include The Washer of the Ford and The Sin Eater and Other Tales, both published in 1895…. Read More ›
While not considered a major novel, St. Ronan’s Well remains important in demonstrating a change of topic for its author, Sir Walter Scott. Scott, who basically invented historical fiction, varies from his traditional approach to employ as setting a fashionable… Read More ›
Sir Walter Scott’s Guy Mannering makes the most of coincidence and mistaken identity to shape an 18th-century Scottish adventure based on a Scottish ballad. Early in his career, Scott heard that a Galloway excise officer named Joseph Train had begun… Read More ›
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