Lady of the Lake - Couverture souple

Scott, Sir Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1872010407 ISBN 13 : 9781872010403

Editeur : Bridge Studios, 1990

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, August 15, 1771. He was the ninth of his parents twelve children. His father was a Waiter to the Signet, as an Edinburgh solicitor is called, and was himself the fifth in direct descent from the Walter Scott known in legend as Auld Wat of Harden, who figures in The Lay of the Last Minstrel.- The ancestors that came between were typical Scotchmen of the better sort, each in his day and generation loyal to king and country, and of strongly marked personal characteristics, My birth was neither distinguished nor sordid, Scott himself wrote. According to the prejudices of my country it was esteemed gentle, as I was connected, though remotely, with ancient families both by my fathers and mothers side. He took a special pride in being lineally descended from that ancient chieftain A uld Wat of Harden whose name I have made to ring in many a ditty, and from his fair dame, the Flower of Yarrow, no bad genealogy for a Border minstrel. His mothers father. Dr.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bridge Studios
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1872010407
• ISBN 13: 9781872010403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible