1. WALTER SCOTT AND IVANHOE
By Villem Valgi

2. Walter Scott Father of historical novel
15 Aug 1771 – 21 Sept 1832 (aged 61)
Educated parents
11 siblings, 6 died in infancy
Polio  lame in the right leg
At age 26 married Charlotte Carpenter
Title of baronet

3. Walter Scott Sent to live in grandparent’s farm at Sandyknowe
At the age of 7 returned to Edinburgh
Was able to walk, explore the surroundings
Royal High School of Edinburgh in
6 months local Grammar School in Kent
University of Edinburgh – classics, later law
Became lawyer

4. Walter Scott Literary career began in 1796 (aged 25)
Translated German ballads
Narrative poems, historical action
The Lay of the Last Minstrel 
Marmion
The Lady of the Lake
German translations set to music by Franz Schubert

5. Walter Scott Surpassed by Byron and other poets  became novelist
Waverlay in 1814, successful
25 novels
Rob Roy
The Bride of Lammermoor
Ivanhoe
Anonymous , nickname Jebediah Cleisbotham or as ‘Author of Waverlay’

6. Walter Scott 1825 his printing company nearly collapsed 1826 wife died
1827 aknowlidged authorship of novels
1832 died, buried beside ancestors

7. Ivanhoe Printed in 1819 Most famous In 12th century (1194)
Reign of Richard I
Third crusade
Normans vs Anglo-Saxons
King is good
Co-operation of classes
Robin Hood and merry men

8. THANK YOU!