The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott V5: Sir Tristrem (1880)

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Kessinger Publishing, 2009 - 520 pages
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott V5: Sir Tristrem (1880) is a book that contains the complete collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetic works, specifically focusing on his poem Sir Tristrem. Sir Tristrem is a medieval romance poem that tells the story of the knight Tristrem and his love for the princess Ysonde. The book is the fifth volume in a series of Sir Walter Scott's poetic works and was published in 1880. It includes an introduction by the author and notes on the poem's historical and literary context. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in medieval literature, romance poetry, and Sir Walter Scott's contribution to the literary canon.A Metrical Romance Of The Thirteenth Century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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About the author (2009)

Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 15, 1771. He began his literary career by writing metrical tales. The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake made him the most popular poet of his day. Sixty-five hundred copies of The Lay of the Last Minstrel were sold in the first three years, a record sale for poetry. His other poems include The Vision of Don Roderick, Rokeby, and The Lord of the Isles. He then abandoned poetry for prose. In 1814, he anonymously published a historical novel, Waverly, or, Sixty Years Since, the first of the series known as the Waverley novels. He wrote 23 novels anonymously during the next 13 years. The first master of historical fiction, he wrote novels that are historical in background rather than in character: A fictitious person always holds the foreground. In their historical sequence, the Waverley novels range in setting from the year 1090, the time of the First Crusade, to 1700, the period covered in St. Roman's Well (1824), set in a Scottish watering place. His other works include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and The Bride of Lammermoor. He died on September 21, 1832.

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