The tale of how an aged William Goffe emerged from hiding to save the townsfolk of Hadley from an Indian attack caught the imagination of many novelists and poets in the early 19th century, including ...

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, the Buccleuch Living ...

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in ...

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist ...

All the books on the longlist for the Walter Scott book prize - The 12 will be cut down to a shortlist in May, with the winner announced in June ...