Hello Sir Walter Scott how are you today? Thanks for taking the time for this interview. So let’s start from the beginning -
Craig: Where were you born in Scotland?
Walter: I was born in College Wynd in the Old Town of Edinburgh in 1771.
Craig: What school did you attend?
Walter: In 1778 I returned to Edinburgh for private education to prepare for school and in October 1779 he began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh. That I enjoyed as I was able to walk and explore the city as well as the surrounding countryside. After finishing school I was sent to stay for six months with my aunt Jenny in Kelso, attending the local Grammar School where I met James Ballantyne who later became my business partner.
Craig: And presumably you went to University?
Walter: I began studying classics at the University of Edinburgh in November 1783, at the age of only twelve so I was a year or so younger than most of my fellow students. But in March 1786 I began an apprenticeship in my father's office, to become a Writer to the Signet.
Craig: Sounds interesting, let’s talk more about your literacy career.
Walter: At the age of 25 I began writing, translating works from German. I then published a three-volume set of collected Scottish ballads called The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.
Craig: Tell me more about your novels.
Walter: In 1814 set out to write something that would bring constant income. The result was called Waverley, It was a tale of the "Forty-Five" Jacobite rising in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Craig: Where all your books about or based in Scotland?
Walter: No! In 1819 I broke away from writing about Scotland with Ivanhoe, a historical romance set in 12th-century England. Among other things, the book has a very sympathetic Jewish character called Rebecca, a real heroine. The book was published at a time when the struggle for the Emancipation of the Jews in England.
Craig: Thanks a lot for taking the time to talk to me Sir Walter hope you have a good day.
Craig: Where were you born in Scotland?
Walter: I was born in College Wynd in the Old Town of Edinburgh in 1771.
Craig: What school did you attend?
Walter: In 1778 I returned to Edinburgh for private education to prepare for school and in October 1779 he began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh. That I enjoyed as I was able to walk and explore the city as well as the surrounding countryside. After finishing school I was sent to stay for six months with my aunt Jenny in Kelso, attending the local Grammar School where I met James Ballantyne who later became my business partner.
Craig: And presumably you went to University?
Walter: I began studying classics at the University of Edinburgh in November 1783, at the age of only twelve so I was a year or so younger than most of my fellow students. But in March 1786 I began an apprenticeship in my father's office, to become a Writer to the Signet.
Craig: Sounds interesting, let’s talk more about your literacy career.
Walter: At the age of 25 I began writing, translating works from German. I then published a three-volume set of collected Scottish ballads called The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.
Craig: Tell me more about your novels.
Walter: In 1814 set out to write something that would bring constant income. The result was called Waverley, It was a tale of the "Forty-Five" Jacobite rising in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Craig: Where all your books about or based in Scotland?
Walter: No! In 1819 I broke away from writing about Scotland with Ivanhoe, a historical romance set in 12th-century England. Among other things, the book has a very sympathetic Jewish character called Rebecca, a real heroine. The book was published at a time when the struggle for the Emancipation of the Jews in England.
Craig: Thanks a lot for taking the time to talk to me Sir Walter hope you have a good day.
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Cracking interview, Craig. I can imagine you writing a series of them. Well done.
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