Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart Lockhart Paperback Volume 7

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: 9781108057035, 978-1108057035\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'. Volume 7 covers the period from 1826 until Scott's death in 1832. This was perhaps the darkest chapter in Scott's life, during which his financial woes forced him to sell the copyright for the .