Twelve of the best historical novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after famous Scottish writer and poet Sir Walter Scott. There Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction ...

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, the Buccleuch Living ...

As an acclaimed romantic poet, beloved of Byron, then a best-selling novelist, envied by Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott wrote into existence many of the myths and legends we still re-tell and he ...

A NEW annual ticket offer has been launched at Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, near Melrose. The Abbotsford Unlimited tickets provide a year of access to the house, gardens, and Witch Corner ...

With two new judges on board, including one of the first winners of the Young Walter Scott Prize, we look forward to testing these novels against the Prize criteria of originality, innovation ...

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