Writer. Born Edinburgh. Extremely popular in his lifetime, worldwide. Novels include: Waverley and Ivanhoe. Poems: Lady of the Lake. Died Abbotsford, south of Edinburgh, his home since 1812.
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"
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London Bridge remnant
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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.
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Emile Zola
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Ian Fleming
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Dr. Frederick James Furnivall
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Walter Pater
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