sir walter scott
An August 31, 1945, dated draft of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the final iteration of which was signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, leads
A miniature Charlotte Brontë volume, leaves from Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth, and Emily Brontë’s notebook of her poems are among items now available to view online.
The intersection between literature and the other creative arts is the focus of two new exhibitions in London and Hampshire.
London – Earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that the manuscripts, first editions, letters and bindings that make up the legendary Honresfield Library -- assembled with passion by self-made Vict
London — Friends of the National Libraries (FNL) has announced that it is leading a bid to save one of the most important private collections of manuscripts an
London – Thought lost for almost a century, the Honresfield Library was assembled with passion by self-made Victorian industrialists Alfred and William Law at the turn of the 20th century and has s
Back in March, Alex Johnson reported on the Sir Walter Scott celebrations getting underway in honor o
The 250th anniversary of the Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), author of Ivanhoe, Waverley, and Rob Roy, will be an occasion for a series of ev
