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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Arnold Bennett
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Harold Nicolson
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Jean Rhys
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet
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