In 1828 the world's greatest storyteller sat down to weave yet
another yarn. Over the past dozen or so years, Sir Walter Scott had
almost single-handedly revived Scottish pride and of course, his
novels had fanned the flames of passion for the kilts, bagpipes,
and highland burr of the Scots. He had become the world's spokesman
for all things Celtic. But now he had something entirely different
in mind. His Tales from a Scottish Grandfather proved to be his
most intimate, most accessible, and most dramatic stories of all.
The reason was simple: He was no longer telling his stories to the
world. He was telling them to his own grandson. Scott was far and
away the most popular writer of the nineteenth century. Often
mentioned in the same breath with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton,
his output was prodigious: twenty-seven novels, five major works of
epic poetry, three biographies, fourteen histories, and half a
dozen collections of tales, legends, and ballads. All remain
classics to this day. But it was for his popularisation of his
native Scotland that he is best remembered. Scott was proud of his
work but he was especially proud of the stories in Tales from a
Scottish Grandfather. Here he recovered the whole story of his
beloved Scotland - its actual history, not a fictionalised
approximation. From William Wallace and Robert the Bruce (volume 1)
to John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots (volume 2), from the
subjugation of Rob Roy and the rising of the Jacobites (volume 3)
to the crusade of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the quest of the Duke
of Cumberland (volume 4), the entire romantic tapestry is unrolled,
not as a historian would tell it, but as a grandfather would. In
these four volumes Scott marshals all his narrative power for the
sake of love - love of family, love of place, and love of legacy.
At a time when interest in Scotland has never been greater, these
volumes are sure to strike a nerve and find a treasured place in
schools, libraries, and, most especially, in homes, where they most
belong.
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