The Masterworks by Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott is a famous figure in English literature. However, it sounds a bit like a mistake, as far as this writer was one of the biggest contributors into Scottish culture precisely. In sober fact, Walter Scott was a significant author of the Victorian Age, seeking for prosperity of native Scotland. As for the literature, after a lasting search, Scott created a universal structure of the historical novel, following the redistribution of real and fictional in a specific way that showed a real object of noteworthy artist is a constant development of history, instead of a lifetime of world-famous historic characters. Many books by Walter Scott uncover and confirm this idea.

At first glance, the plot of Quentin Durward might be associated with Louis XI struggle with other royalties in medieval Europe. France is torn by civil strife, intrigue, fights among the nobles. King Louis XI struggles with the feudal lords and their leader the Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy for an establishment of an absolute monarchy. Young Scottish nobleman, Quentin Durward, seeking glory, honor and wealth far away from home, unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of this struggle. Thereupon the story line might be narrowed down to follow the steps of Quentin chasing the cherished dream.

Ivanhoe is one of the most popular novels by Sir Walter Scott. In this case it tells the story of inner strife in medieval England. It has been almost one hundred thirty years since the Battle of Hastings (1066), when Norman Duke William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-American troops and took over England. English people are going through hard times. King Richard the Lionheart did not come back from the last crusade. Meanwhile, the king's brother, Prince John, recruits the supporters, intent upon the death of Richard unseat the legitimate heir and seize the throne. Artful schemer Prince John wreaks havoc across the country, fueling a long-standing feud between the Saxons and the Normans. Ivanhoe enlightens this battle for freedom, equality and justice.

A historical novel by Sir Walter Scott Old Mortality is a part of the Scottish cycle of his historical novels. It reflects the public uprising in1679 in Scotland against the Stuarts. Though, the plot line is focused on a poor nobleman, who joins the Presbyterian rebels in order to get independence from his stingy uncle.