Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson ... - 9781108056984

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, BartAuthor(s): John Gibson Lockhart\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108056984, 978-1108056984\nSynopsis\nAs son-in-law and literary executor to Sir Walter Scott [tel], John Gibson Lockhart [tel] was uniquely placed to produce a definitive biography of the great poet and novelist. First published in 18378, shortly after Scott's death, this celebrated seven-volume work is based on personal memories, correspondence, and Scott's own autobiographical sketches. Wide-ranging in his purview, Lockhart is also detailed in his descriptions: the Aberdeen Journal of the day observed that the volumes trace Scott's life and literary efforts with 'the most minute distinctness'. Incorporating accounts of Scott's correspondence with Southey, Wordsworth and Byron, Volume 2 opens with the death of Walter's uncle, Captain Robert Scott, in 1804, leading readers through the .